The following regulations shall apply to all signs:
A. No sign shall be allowed in the road right-of-way.
B. No signs in any district, unless attached to a building, shall be
located less than 20 feet from a property line.
C. No sign attached to a building shall project above the height of
the wall upon which it is attached. No sign shall be placed upon the
roof of a building. No freestanding sign shall be higher than 25 feet
above grade.
D. No illuminated sign shall interfere with the vision of persons on
the highway, nor be unreasonably detrimental to an adjoining neighboring
use(s). All effort shall be made to be night sky compliant.
E. Electronic, video or digital message portions of signs may be permitted
in the H, B and I Districts. The sign shall not exceed 15 square feet.
Flashing of messages or images is prohibited. Automatic dimming capability
that adjusts the brightness of the sign to the ambient light at all
times of the day and night is required.
F. An application for special use permit approval must be made to the
Zoning Board of Appeals for all signs in excess of 15 square feet,
which shall be regarded as structures within the meaning of this chapter.
G. Not more than two advertising signs, which may be illuminated on
one or two faces for the identification of the business or industry,
are permitted on the premises. Such freestanding signs shall not have
an area greater than 15 square feet. Such signs attached to the building
may not have an area greater than 12% of the street facade of the
principal building. Advertising signs shall be limited to the Hamlet,
Business, Industrial and CPD Districts, except that signs advertising
home occupations up to two feet by two feet are allowed in any district
in which home occupation use is authorized.
H. No more than two directional signs per business shall be allowed,
except in the H District, and directional signs may not have a greater
area than two square feet. Permission from the property owner must
be granted.
I. In the AG, R-1, RPC and RM Districts, no sign shall be erected or
used except:
(1) A single sign may be allowed for the identification of the principal
buildings and uses on the premises, or for the sale of agricultural
products grown on premises. Such signs shall not exceed 10 square
feet in area. This sign may be illuminated in one or two faces, except
in R-1 and RPC Districts.
(2) Governmental, traffic, legal and public signs, and flags, plaques
and emblems of political, civic, philanthropic, educational or religious
organizations or institutions.
(3) Temporary real estate and construction signs.
When a property has buildings on the adjoining properties that
have nonconforming front yard setbacks, the proposed building may
be erected with the same setbacks as the adjoining buildings, but
not less than 20 feet from the property line.
Each corner lot will have two front yards. The setbacks for
these two yards will be the smaller of the district's front yard setback
or the front yard setback of the adjoining property. These yards shall
be unoccupied except for fences and landscaping less than three feet
high.
Except upon special use permit of the Zoning Board of Appeals,
no person shall strip, excavate or remove the topsoil or fill for
sale or for use other than on the premises from which the same shall
be taken, and no excavation shall result in a slope of more than one
foot vertical to two feet horizontal, unless through proper use of
retaining walls and fencing equivalent safety to person and property
can be obtained, and no such excavation shall be permitted to cause
erosion gullies and soil loss.
A stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) consistent with the requirements of Chapter
234 of the Town Code shall be required for all land development activities, as that term is defined in Chapter
234. The SWPPP shall meet the performance and design criteria and standards in Chapter
234.