No person shall erect, alter, relocate, maintain, reconstruct or cause to be erected, altered, relocated or reconstructed any sign of any type or description unless it shall conform to the requirements of this Chapter and until he shall have complied with the requirements of Chapter
367, Signs, and its amendments and supplements, and shall have applied for and secured a sign permit from the Building Subcode Official. New or altered signs shall be subject to site plan review.
One monument sign per lot shall be permitted no greater than
30 square feet. Such sign shall be located in any front yard area
but in no case less than 15 feet from the curbline of any abutting
street nor less than 10 feet to the street right-of-way. The maximum
height from the ground shall be six feet. No internal illumination
shall be permitted.
One institutional sign shall be permitted for any principal
use allowed in any residential zone. Such sign shall be located in
a front yard area but in no case less than 15 feet from the curbline
of any abutting street nor less than 10 feet to the street right-of-way.
The maximum height from the ground shall be six feet. No internal
illumination shall be permitted.
[Amended 12-4-2018 by Ord. No. 18-34]
A. A professional or announcement sign of a home professional office
on a residence building shall be fixed on the main wall of such building
or on a signpost not more than six feet in height above ground and
set back not less than 20 feet from the curbline and shall not project
more than 24 inches. Such sign may be internally lighted between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., and as to a sign of a physician,
surgeon or dentist, without any time restriction. Such lighting shall
be arranged so as to prevent glare, and no sign shall be illuminated
by lighting of intermittent or varying intensity.
B. A name or announcement sign affixed to the main wall and one double-faced
freestanding sign for the use of a church, parish house, club, school
or public or semipublic building shall be permitted in any district.
The wall sign shall not exceed in height 10% of the vertical height
of the wall of the building to which the sign is attached and shall
not exceed 12 square feet in area. Such signs may be internally lighted
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Such lighting shall be
arranged so as to prevent glare, and no sign shall be illuminated
by lighting of intermittent or varying intensity.
C. A real estate "for sale or rent" sign shall apply only to the premises
upon which it is placed, and no part of said sign shall be erected
closer than 15 feet to the front property line of said premises. Said
sign must be removed upon the sale of said premises.
D. No business sign shall be erected or maintained upon the roof of
a building, including a mansard roof or parapet, nor shall any sign
project above the roof of a building, except that a wall-mounted sign
on the parapet wall of a one-story building is permitted above a roofline
elevation, provided that the sign shall be placed in symmetry with
the architectural lines and shape of the front wall. Where a sign
is mounted on a parapet wall, the parapet wall shall not extend more
than four feet above the abutting roof elevation.
E. The erection of any advertising sign (off-premises) or billboard
or sign which moves or rotates is prohibited in all districts.
F. No sign, temporary or otherwise, on the inside of a window shall
be greater than two feet in height nor cover more than 20% of the
square footage of said window, but in no case shall such sign be greater
than the total of 16 square feet of the total glass area of each wall.
No window sign shall be permitted above the first floor of any building.
G. No sign permitted in this chapter shall consist of more than four
colors, inclusive of black and white. In a building with more than
two first-floor retail uses, all signage shall conform to a sign program
authorized by the property owner for the entire building wherein the
sign colors of all signs shall not exceed eight colors, inclusive
of black and white.
H. No permanent cloth, paper, oilcloth or canvas signs, promotional flags, banners or pennants of any kind shall be permitted on the exterior of any structure. Temporary signs are only permitted in accordance with Chapter
367 of the Code of the Borough of Paramus.
I. No permit shall be issued to erect an exterior sign on property containing
a nonconforming sign until such time as the nonconforming sign has
been removed.
J. When the owner or lessee of a sign vacates the premises upon which
the sign is located, the lettering on said sign must be removed. If
the owner or lessee of said sign does not remove it, then the owner
of the building or property shall be held responsible for the removal
of the lettering within 30 days of vacancy.
K. A logo may be permitted on a sign only after specific approval of
the Zoning Officer and the Construction Code Official.
L. No vehicle or mobile sign shall be used to circumvent these regulations.
M. No balloon, banner or similar attention-getting device shall be permitted
on any building or on any site.
N. No internally illuminated panels on vending machines outside of buildings
shall be permitted wherein the lettering or product image exceeds
four inches in height.
O. Grand opening and/or grand reopening signs are limited to one two-foot-by-twelve-foot banner/sign, only for a maximum of 14 days from erection. Said sign can include the name of the business and the words "grand opening" or grand reopening." Any sign must be mounted on the front elevation wall. If a tenant occupies the corner space of a building with two elevations, or if the building is a freestanding building, then a maximum of two signs is permitted. Additionally, two bunting flags may be mounted for a maximum of 14 days from erection. Flags must be mounted on the front elevation wall. If a tenant occupies the corner space of a building with two elevations or if the building is a freestanding building, then four bunting flags are permitted, one on each end of said banner. Notwithstanding Subsection
M above, balloons and a ribbon-cutting event shall be permitted for the first day of the grand opening only, after which all balloons and ribbon must be removed. A fee of $50 shall be paid for any grand opening and grand reopening banners/signs/balloons/ribbon.
A sign which is nonconforming for any reason shall not be reconstructed,
enlarged or extended.