The purpose of the sign standards stated is
to regulate the potentially objectionable aspects of sign uses by
stating specific standards consistent with the promotion of public
health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the Town.
[Amended 7-18-1983; 9-18-2006 by L.L. No. 4-2006; 6-23-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
A. The following business or directional signs may be permitted in residential
or agricultural districts or residential zones of the PDD Districts
as hereinafter provided:
(1) One sign for professional office/home occupation, not to exceed two
square feet in area, may be erected.
(2) One sign, not to exceed six square feet, to announce that the real
property or any part thereof upon which said sign is located is for
sale or for rent.
(3) One sign or announcement for each church, institutional, recreational
or other public use, provided that said sign shall not exceed 16 square
feet in area.
(4) One temporary real estate development sign, not to exceed 36 square
feet, directing attention to the opening of a new subdivision. Such
sign shall require a permit issued by the Code Enforcement Officer.
Said permit shall be issued for a period of 12 months and may be renewed
upon application.
(5) Directional signs, not to exceed three square feet in area, may be
permitted. Said signs may be used for the purpose of stating the name
or location of a town, hospital, community center, church, school
building or the meeting place of a public or civic organization.
(6) One sign, not to exceed 36 square feet, for agricultural uses and
for agricultural products raised on the premises.
B. Sign location: 10 feet to any lot line.
C. Sign height: Maximum allowable height shall be eight feet.
D. The following shall not be permitted in any zoning district of the
Town of Chenango:
(1) No roof signs shall be permitted.
(2) No advertising signs shall be permitted.
(3) No changeable copy signs, such as light-emitting diode (LED) signs,
shall be permitted.
(a)
Exception.
[1]
Gasoline station pricing signs shall be allowed to be light-emitting
diode (LED) lights with changeable copy, provided that the numbers
are constant and nonflashing.
[Amended 11-6-1989; 4-15-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996; 6-11-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003]
A. Advertising signs.
(1) Advertising signs, as defined herein, are not permitted
in the Town of Chenango.
(2) Roof signs are not permitted in the Town of Chenango.
(3) A sign to announce that the real property or any part
thereof upon which said sign is located is for sale or for rent is
allowed. This sign cannot exceed six square feet.
B. Business signs, as defined herein, are permitted as
follows:
(1) Shopping center or shopping plaza businesses [See Subsection
B(2) below for lease pad businesses located in shopping centers or shopping plazas]:
(a)
Wall signs for each business:
[1]
Size: two square feet of sign surface for each
linear foot of individual store frontage.
[2]
Location:
[a]
Fifteen feet from any street or right-of-way.
[b]
Three feet from any interior property line.
[3]
Height: Maximum allowable height shall be 25
feet.
(b)
One ground sign for each shopping center:
[1]
Size: 30 square feet for each business in the
plaza; an additional 100 square feet to identify the name of the plaza.
[2]
Height: The maximum height of all parts of the
sign shall not exceed 25 feet.
[3]
Location:
[a]
Twenty feet from any street or right-of-way.
[b]
Fifteen feet from any interior property line.
(2) All other businesses in NC, CD and PDD districts and
lease pad businesses located in shopping centers or shopping plaza:
(a)
Wall signs for each business: 5% of the square
footage of the business facility or 100 square feet, whichever is
greater. An additional 30 square feet of wall sign surface is allowed
for a second business located within the facility. A maximum of 600
square feet of wall signage is allowed.
(b)
One ground sign identifying the name and character
of the business or the business:
[1]
Size: 50 square feet per business, with a maximum
of 100 square feet for two businesses using integrated parking facilities
or having a common access to a public way, regardless of whether the
second business is within the same building, is in a contiguous (touching)
building or in a second, separate building.
[2]
Location:
[a]
Fifteen feet from any street or right-of-way.
[b]
Three feet from any interior property line.
[3]
Height: Maximum allowable height shall be 25
feet.
C. Signs shall be located in such a manner so as not
to be in the same line of vision as traffic control signs. If for
some reason this alignment is not possible, no red, green or amber
illumination or reflection shall be permitted. Signs shall have illumination
which is indirect, diffused and nonflashing and so arranged that the
direct rays of light do not shine or reflect into adjacent residential
districts.
D. Window signs. Permanent business signs displayed in
the window of legally conforming commercial enterprises shall not
exceed 50% of the glazed area in size. Externally affixed window signs
shall be counted as part of the allowable wall sign surface.
E. All existing signs will be removed, covered or painted
over per the Ordinance Office’s requirements upon the termination
of a business for more than 90 days.
F. Any business (such as a parking lot) that does not
include a building is limited to one ground sign of up to 50 square
feet of surface, identifying the name and character of the business.
The ground sign must be at least 15 feet from any street or right-of-way,
at least 15 feet from any interior property line and is limited to
a maximum allowable height of 25 feet.
No sign in NC, CD and PDD Districts shall be
erected or altered in physical structure until a sign permit has been
issued by the Code Enforcement Officer or his designee.
A. All applicants for sign permits shall submit the following:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
(2) Location of the building, structure or lot to which
or upon which the sign is to be attached or erected.
(3) The type, size and location of the sign.
(4) Four drawings of the plans and specifications and
method of construction and attachment to the building or in the ground.
(5) Copy of stress sheets and calculations showing that
the structure is designed for load and wind pressure in any direction
in the amount required by this chapter and/or any ordinance of the
Town for signs of 150 square feet or more.
(6) Name of person, firm, corporation or association erecting
the structure.
(7) Any electrical permit required and issued for said
sign. This shall include the approval number issued by an approved
testing agency.
[Amended 4-15-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
(8) Such other information as the Code Enforcement Officer
shall require to show full compliance with this chapter or any other
ordinance of the Town.
B. The Planning Board may review sign permits simultaneously
with site plan review.
Every sign existing at the time of the adoption
of this chapter may continue, although not in conformity with the
provisions herein. However, when a nonconforming sign is removed or
destroyed, it shall be replaced only in conformity with the provisions
of this chapter.