The following signs shall be permitted in any use district in accordance with the requirements of this article:
A. 
Professional nameplate: in residential districts, professional nameplates indicating the presence of a resident practitioner and bearing the name and profession of the resident, not exceeding two square feet in area or more than one such sign in number, and which may be illuminated by an electric lamp not exceeding 15 watts of power contained within the sign. In nonresidential districts, on professional office buildings, only one wall or ground sign containing the names of professional occupants shall be permitted.
B. 
A building contractor's, subcontractor's, architect's or engineer's sign maintained on a building only while the same is under construction, provided that there is only one such sign for each building contractor, subcontractor, architect or engineer, not exceeding four square feet in area.
C. 
An institutional identification sign placed upon a building or lot of a church, synagogue, hospital, school or public agency, provided that there is only one such sign, not exceeding 36 square feet in area.
D. 
Temporary signs, posters or displays placed by any governmental agency, church, synagogue or civic organization, provided that such signs are directly related to public, religious, patriotic or civic matters and such signs, posters or displays otherwise comply with the provisions of this article.
E. 
Danger signs warning of the condition or danger of travel on a street may be erected and maintained for a temporary period, provided that such signs do not exceed six square feet in area.
F. 
Any sign authorized in this article is allowed to contain noncommercial copy in lieu of other copy.
[Amended 5-2-1990 by L.L. No. 5-1990]
"For Sale" signs on residential parcels shall be permitted, but only one such sign on any single premises. The "For Sale" sign shall not exceed two feet in height and two feet in length. The sign shall only be permitted to be placed in the interior portion of any window or door on the premises. In no event shall a "For Sale" sign be permitted to be placed closer to the street than the front line of the primary structure on the premises.
The following signs shall be permitted only in nonresidential districts in accordance with the requirements of this article:
A. 
Wall signs: wall signs attached to and parallel to a building wall facing a public street or parking area and advertising only that business conducted in such building, provided that:
(1) 
There is only one such sign for each wall facing a public street or parking area.
(2) 
A sign on the building wall facing upon a public street shall not exceed three feet in vertical measurement. A sign on the building wall facing upon a parking area shall not exceed three feet in vertical measurement. For buildings measuring 40 feet or less in width, any wall sign shall not be wider than two feet less than the width of the building or more than 15 feet in length. For buildings having a width of greater than 40 feet, any wall sign placed thereon shall be no wider than 15 feet, plus an additional one foot for every three feet of wall length in excess of 40 feet.
[Amended 5-2-1990 by L.L. No. 6-1990]
(3) 
The sign or any part thereof, including lighting devices and reflectors, does not project more than one foot from such wall.
(4) 
The sign does not extend higher than the roof of any building or parapet, whichever is higher.
(5) 
Any such sign shall be maintained in a good state of repair, in working order and neatly painted.
(6) 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A(1) through (5) above, a sign projecting not more than one foot from the wall of any building and not more than three square feet in area shall be permitted, provided that such sign indicates the location on the premises of a public telephone or other public utility facility for the use of the general public.
B. 
Detached or ground signs: detached or ground signs advertising only the business conducted on the premises upon which the sign is located, provided that:
(1) 
There is only one such sign for a building.
(2) 
Such sign shall not exceed 30 square feet in area or 15 feet in height from the main level of the ground and shall be set back 10 feet from the property line.
(3) 
An open space of at least seven feet in height shall be maintained between the bottom of the sign and the ground.
(4) 
The area between the sign and the front property line shall be maintained free of weeds and debris.
(5) 
A low-lying ground sign shall be permitted, provided that it shall not exceed 30 square feet in area, shall not exceed a height of 48 inches above the ground and shall be set back 10 feet from the property line.
A. 
Notwithstanding §§ 550-38 and 550-40 of this article, the following signs, deemed customary and essential, shall be permitted as accessory to an existing gasoline/diesel service station in any use district:
(1) 
Signs which are an integral part of gasoline pumps.
(2) 
Signs over bays, not to exceed two feet in height, containing the words "lubrication," "washing" or other similar customary words.
(3) 
Signs showing the selling price of gasoline, not to exceed one such sign for each gasoline pump, and affixed thereto and measuring not less than seven inches in height and eight inches in width nor more than 100 square inches area.
(4) 
Temporary signs, not to exceed two in number or 10 square feet per sign face.
(5) 
Wall signs in conformance with § 550-40A.
B. 
The subject matter of any sign shall relate only to the business occupying the premises.
C. 
No sign shall be permitted off the subject premises where the business is located.
A marquee sign erected and maintained in connection with a hotel or theater shall be permitted, provided that such sign shall not exceed 100 inches in height nor be less than 10 feet above the main level of ground.
A. 
The following signs, to the extent hereinafter indicated, shall be prohibited:
(1) 
No sign shall be painted on the surface of the walls or roofs of any building or structure.
(2) 
No sign shall be constructed of cloth, oilcloth, vinyl cloth, paper or other similar material which is not of durable quality for display outside of any building, except signs permitted under § 550-38E.
(3) 
No sign which directs attention to a business, service, entertainment or commodity conducted, sold or offered elsewhere than upon the premises shall be erected or maintained.
(4) 
No sign shall be attached to any tree, fence or utility pole.
(5) 
No sign shall be erected or maintained which might be confused as any traffic sign or which might interfere with the vision or discernment of any traffic sign or which might cause danger to public travel.
(6) 
Except as otherwise permitted in this article, no sign shall be erected or maintained which extends or projects into any right-of-way.
(7) 
No sign shall be permitted within 500 feet of the border of any state park or parkway unless the applicant first complies with the appropriate provisions of New York State law.
(8) 
No billboards shall be permitted.
(9) 
No roof signs shall be permitted.
(10) 
No interior window sign, if the same rotates, oscillates or flickers on or off, shall be permitted.
(11) 
No external sign or interior window sign shall depict any moving, flashing, rotating, alternating, streaming or otherwise changeable letters or images.
[Added 8-4-2004 by L.L. No. 7-2004]
B. 
All signs shall be designed and constructed so as to promote the public health, safety, and welfare.
C. 
All signs which direct, emit, radiate or reflect any beam, ray, gleam or glare of light on an abutting residential district shall be extinguished within 1/2 hour after the close of business and in no event later than 11:00 p.m. The "close of business" shall be deemed to be that time at which the premises is closed to the general public. Lights within business establishments may be kept on during the entire night, provided that the total amount of illumination does not exceed 20 footcandles.
D. 
No person, company, association or business entity shall park any vehicle or a trailer-type chassis capable of being transported as a unit over public roads and streets with a sign mounted upon, painted upon or affixed to it on any street, public highway or municipal parking lot of the Incorporated Village of Mineola or upon any private property within 10 feet of a property line, except for vehicles which have been issued taxi licenses. Electricians, plumbers, painters and the like shall be permitted to park a commercial vehicle which contains information concerning the service provided outside of or in the vicinity of premises upon which work is being performed. For purposes of this subsection, a vehicle shall be considered parked if it remains in the same place or within 50 feet thereof for a duration of more than 15 minutes.
[Added 6-10-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
A. 
Application.
(1) 
Before any sign permitted by this article shall be erected or altered, an application in writing shall be signed and filed with the enforcement officer by the owner of the property or by his or her agent, duly authorized thereunto, in writing, on a form furnished by the enforcement officer, and the requisite fee shall be paid at that time.
(2) 
Before any sign shall be erected, altered, repainted, relettered, relocated, reconstructed, repaired, removed or replaced, an application shall be filed in accordance with this section, which application shall specify the nature and purpose of the proposed sign, its location, the material of which it is or shall be constructed and the place where same is to be erected and the work which is to be done thereon, and such other information as shall be required by the enforcement officer.
(3) 
Before any sign permitted by this article shall be erected, altered, repainted, relettered, relocated, reconstructed, repaired, removed, or replaced, a permit must be obtained from the enforcement officer.
B. 
Approval. The enforcement officer shall approve the application if there is compliance with this article whereupon a permit shall be issued.
C. 
Permit number. Each sign for which a permit is required shall bear the permit number assigned by the enforcement officer.
D. 
Fees. The Board of Trustees shall establish, by resolution, a schedule of fees which shall be applicable to the sign classified in this article and shall be payable upon the filing of the required application or applications and each renewal thereof.
A. 
All nonconforming signs in existence on the effective date of this chapter or any amendment thereto, at the expiration of five years from said date, shall be removed and/or replaced with a conforming sign.
B. 
Any existing sign which advertises a business or industrial use not in operation for a period of at least six months shall be removed.
C. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, General Municipal Law § 74-c shall supersede any of the above requirements to the extent there is any conflict therewith.