[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Longmeadow
as § 6-314 of the General Bylaws; amended 10-25-2005 STM, approved 1-12-2006. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
No billboard, sign or other advertising device shall be posted,
erected, displayed or maintained in the Town of Longmeadow on any
public way or on private property within public view from any highway,
public park or reservation except as the same shall be permitted under
the provisions of the statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
and rules and regulations adopted thereunder, or as may be permitted
under the provisions of this section as set forth in the following
subsections thereof:
A.
A sign may be erected and maintained in any zone as shown on the
Zoning Map of the Town, showing name and street number only, which
is affixed to the dwelling or attached to a suitable support. In the
case of a street number, the class of profession. Such sign shall
not exceed one square foot in area, or two feet in linear dimension
buildings thereon, may be displayed but may not exceed four square
feet in area.
B.
An owner of premises in a business zone as shown on the Zoning Map
of the Town, or his lessee or tenant, may erect and maintain a single
sign affixed to a structure, or the portion thereof devoted to the
business transacted thereon, whose length shall not exceed two feet
less than the width of said structure, or said portion as the case
may be, and whose height shall not exceed three feet, affixed at a
height determined by the Building Commissioner. Any sign or other
advertising device which shall be painted or otherwise placed upon
said structure, without the use of a separate board or other removable
construction, shall be deemed to be so affixed under the provisions
of this subsection. Said sign may advertise or indicate either the
person occupying the premises in question or the business transacted
thereon, but shall not make reference to a specific item or items
for sale within the premises may be displayed in the windows, or at
any point within the area normally devoted to the service of customers,
but in no case shall such sign, or any item, be displayed or stored
outside the building, except in the case of a business devoted to
the service of motor vehicles, and then only in the manner and to
the extent approved by the Select Board.
C.
The Zoning Board of Appeals may, in its discretion, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, permit an owner, lessee or tenant to display, under the provisions and limitations of Subsection B hereof, a sign or signs in addition to the single sign therein permitted.
D.
The Select Board shall have the right to authorize or direct the
installation, on any public way or on any land owned by the Town,
of such signs as it deems appropriate for the purpose of controlling
traffic.
E.
Temporary signs.
(1)
A temporary sign may be erected by the owner of property in any zone or by permission of such owner, but subject to the limitations set forth in Subsection C, relating to:
(2)
Temporary
signs relating to candidates for office shall be limited to candidates
for Town offices or candidates for other offices whose name will appear
on a ballot for an election within the Town.
(3)
Temporary signs permitted by Subsection E(1)(a), as limited by Subsection E(2), or signs permitted by Subsection E(1)(b) may be erected no sooner than 60 days prior to the election or meeting at which the candidates or issue will be voted on and must be removed no later than two days after such election or meeting.
(5)
Temporary signs permitted by Subsection E(1)(d) may be erected no sooner than 14 days prior to the date of the function, event or activity and must be removed no later than two days after such function, event or activity.
F.
For purposes of this bylaw, decorative flags suspended from residences
shall not be treated as signs.
