No signs or advertising devices of any kind or nature shall
be erected on any premises or affixed to the outside of any structure
or be visible from the outside of any structure except as specifically
permitted in this article.
In residence districts, signs or advertising devices are permitted
only as follows:
A. One nonelectric sign displaying the street number, or name of the
occupant of the premises, or both, not exceeding three square feet
in area. Such sign may be attached to a building or may be on a rod
or post not more than six feet high and not less than three feet from
the street line. Such sign may include identification of any accessory
studio or professional office in the dwelling or on the premises,
or may identify other permitted accessory uses, including customary
home occupations.
B. One bulletin or announcement board or identification sign for a permitted
nonresidential building or use, not more than six square feet of signboard
area. For churches and institutions, two bulletin or announcement
boards or identification signs are permitted on each building. Each
such church or institution sign shall not be more than 10 square feet
of signboard area. No such sign shall be located nearer a street than
one-half the required front yard depth.
C. On the premises with a lawfully nonconforming use, one sign not more
than six square feet.
D. One "For Sale" or "For Rent" sign, not more than six square feet
and advertising only the premises on which the sign is located. It
shall be set back at least 10 feet from the street lot line.
E. One building contractor's sign on a building while actually under
construction, not exceeding six square feet.
F. In residence districts, all signs or advertising devices shall be
stationary and shall not contain any visible moving or moveable parts.
No sign or advertising device in such districts shall be of neon or
illuminated tube type. Lighting of any sign or advertising device
shall be continuous (not intermittent nor flashing nor changing) and
shall be so placed or hooded as to prevent direct light from shining
onto any street or adjacent property. No sign or advertising device
shall be illuminated after 11:00 p.m.
In Business, Commercial and Industrial Districts, signs or advertising
devices are permitted only as follows:
A. Signs shall relate to the premises on which they are located and
shall only identify the occupant of such premises or advertise the
articles or services available within said premises.
B. On each lot, there are permitted two signs affixed to the exterior of a building and not to the roof for each occupant. The top edge of each such sign shall not be higher than 10 feet above the roof ridge of the building, provided that this permissible 10 feet does not exceed the permitted forty-foot building height noted in §
255-6.4 of this bylaw.
C. The total sign area affixed to the wall of any building shall not
exceed 5% of that wall area.
D. In Mixed Use Districts where businesses are set back greater than
15 feet from the street, one double-sided "monument type" sign of
overall size 16 square feet or less and a maximum height above street
level of 42 inches and one single-faced sign of 12 square feet at
a minimum height of eight feet mounted to the building structure in
a plane parallel to the adjacent street. Where businesses are set
back 15 feet or less from the street, one "knife" sign up to 12 square
feet per face at a minimum height of 10 feet and subject to approval
of the Planning Board.
(1)
In General Business Districts, freestanding signs are limited
to 20 square feet of total area per side and total signage per occupant
may not exceed 40 square feet and subject to approval of the Planning
Board.
E. In Industrial and Commercial Districts where buildings are set back
40 feet or more, one freestanding sign per lot is permitted. The top
edge of any such freestanding sign shall be not higher than 25 feet
vertical measure above the average level of the ground between the
supports of each sign for traffic safety, the whole of the signboard
or display elements of any freestanding sign shall be either below
three feet or 10 feet above average ground level. Any such freestanding
sign may be located within the front yard space of any such lot, but
not nearer than 12 feet to any lot line.
F. No freestanding sign (or display area, if no signboard) shall exceed
150 square feet, measured from the tops of the topmost display elements
to the bottom of the lowest display elements, and from exterior side
to exterior side of display elements, and including in such measurements
any blank space between display elements. No display or signboard
dimension shall exceed 16 feet for a freestanding sign.
G. Illuminated signs are permitted, subject to the following conditions:
(1)
No sign shall be intermittently illuminated, nor of a traveling
light, animated or flashing light type.
(2)
Each illuminated sign shall not exceed 100 square feet gross display areas as measured in Subsection
F above.
(3)
Sign illumination is permitted only between the hours of 7:00
in the morning and 11:00 in the evening, except that signs of retail
establishments may be illuminated during any hours these establishments
are open to the public.
(4)
Sign illumination for 24 hours daily is permitted only where
such illumination does not infringe upon residential property and
shall only be permitted with the approval of the Select Board.
[Amended 1-28-2023 STM by Art. 9]
(5)
Signs with changeable message areas may not change messages
at a frequency greater than once in 60 minutes.
(6)
Changeable message signs in the General Business and Mixed Use
Districts may be mounted to the building structure only.