This article is enacted to promote the public health, safety,
and welfare and for the following purposes:
A. To create a legal framework for a comprehensive and balanced system
of street graphics that will coordinate the type, placement, and scale
of existing and proposed exterior signs and interior signs placed
for external observation.
B. To encourage the effective use of signs as a means of communication
in the Village.
C. To protect property values throughout the Village and enhance the
business district as a shopping, business and tourist destination.
[Amended 9-18-2017 by L.L. No. 7-2017]
D. To protect against clutter and blight and to enhance the physical
and natural beauty of the Village by ensuring the creation of street
graphics that are appropriate to the historic and architectural character
of Irvington.
E. To improve pedestrian and traffic safety.
F. To control the effect of signs, including glare, on adjacent public
and private property.
A sign or awning may be erected, placed, established, painted,
created or maintained in the Village of Irvington only in conformance
with the requirements of this article.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AWNING
Any structure made of fabric or other material and a structural
frame, whether retractable or not, attached to the face of a building
and supported by such attachment, and projecting over a sidewalk or
thoroughfare. The term "awning" shall include "canopy."
BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT
Any premises, either separate or defined by permanent party
walls within a building, with a common entrance or entrances for one
or more businesses conducted therein.
CANOPY
Any structure made of fabric or other material and a structural
frame, attached to the face of a building and supported by such attachment,
and projecting over an entrance to a building.
ERECT
To paint, build, construct, alter, display, relocate, attach,
hang, place, suspend or affix. Such term does not include maintenance
and repair but does include the repainting or refinishing of a sign
in a manner that changes the color or design of the sign or any of
its components.
ROOF
When used with respect to an awning, the upward-facing surface,
whether planar or bowed, that extends from the facade of the building
on which the awning is mounted to its valance.
SIGN
Any material, structure, or device containing or composed
of letters, pictures or symbols, or upon which letters, pictures or
symbols are placed, that is designed or used for the purpose of attracting,
or that does attract, the attention of the public to the subject matter
thereof; and located either out of doors, on the exterior of a building,
on an awning, or inside a building within four feet of a window, and
in a manner to be viewed principally by passersby. A video or computer
screen or digital display designed or used for the purpose of attracting,
or that does attract, the attention of the public to the subject matter
on the screen shall be considered a sign. A national, state, or local
flag shall not be considered a sign.
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STREET
Any public or private way, including but not limited to any
sidewalk, courtyard, street, avenue, alley, lane, road or thoroughfare.
SURFACE AREA
When used with respect to signs, the entire area within a
single continuous perimeter enclosing all elements that form an integral
part of the sign. The structure supporting a sign shall be excluded
unless the structure is designed in a way to form an integral background
for the display.
TEMPORARY SIGN
Any sign, handbill or poster that is placed for a limited
period of time, not to exceed 30 days, to advertise or announce a
specific event or occurrence. Examples of temporary signs include,
but are not limited to, signs, handbills or posters relating to civic
or athletic events, concerts, special events, or products or services
offered for sale at a reduced price or on special terms.
[Added 9-18-2017 by L.L.
No. 7-2017]
VALANCE
When used with respect to an awning, a vertical surface,
which is plumb from the lowest and/or farthest projecting edges of
the roof and is not a wing.
VILLAGE
Village of Irvington, New York.
WINDOW
Each window comprises contiguous panes of glass or other
transparent or translucent material, including panes divided by window
dividers, within a common frame or border and a single plane, visible
from the exterior of a building.
WING
When used with respect to an awning, the side-facing surface,
the horizontal dimension of which is perpendicular to the valance
and to the face of the building on which the awning is mounted.
Unless otherwise provided, the following signs are prohibited
throughout the Village:
A. Signs that emit smoke, visible vapors or particles, sound or odor.
C. Signs of such a design and location that they interfere with, compete
for attention with, or may be mistaken for a traffic signal.
E. Except in the Multifamily/Office District (MFO), signs on or projecting
from any exterior wall of a building above the second story.
[Amended 5-13-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]