§ 216-113. Signs.

A. 

In general.

(1) 

Signs are prohibited unless authorized and maintained in accordance with this chapter.

(2) 

Illuminated signs are prohibited unless authorized by the Board of Trustees. In all other respects, illuminated signs shall conform to the requirements of this chapter.

B. 

The following signs are permitted:

[Amended 11-19-1979 by L.L. No. 9-1979; 9-19-1988 by L.L. No. 12-1988; 10-17-2011 by L.L. No. 3-2011]

(1) 

A single identifying nameplate not more than two square feet in area.

(2) 

Signs used in connection with the sale, lease or rental of property, provided that no such sign shall exceed 24 inches by 18 inches or 432 square inches in area with a space of three feet between the bottom of the sign and the ground, that the number of any such signs shall not exceed the number of streets abutting on such parcel, that only one such sign or signboard shall be located opposite any abutting street and that all such signs shall be located on the same parcel as the property thus advertised.

(a) 

The issuance of a permit to place, construct or install such sign shall be $75.

(3) 

Directional, informational, traffic and cautionary signs maintained by the Village, county or state or approved by the Board of Trustees.

(4) 

Signs for real estate subdivisions.

(a) 

A sign for a real estate subdivision:

[1] 

Shall not exceed three feet by four feet.

[2] 

May be double-faced.

[3] 

Shall be installed within the property line.

[4] 

Shall be approved as to design.

(b) 

Only one sign shall be permitted in a subdivision which may be erected for a period not to exceed two years, shall be kept in good repair and shall be removed either at the end of two years or at the time of occupancy of all homes in the subdivision, whichever is sooner.

(c) 

After the filing of the resolution granting final approval to the subdivision, the subdivision sign may be installed, provided that it has been approved by the Planning Board.

(d) 

The sign may be installed for a period of two years, and permission from the Planning Board must be obtained to continue sign display after the two-year period has expired.

(5) 

In a Business C District, a single advertising sign not exceeding 12 square feet in area when attached to a building advertising the business conducted in such building, when approved by the Board of Trustees on recommendation of the Planning Board.

(6) 

Announcement signs on the same premises as and used in conjunction with any nonresidential use, when approved by the Board of Trustees on recommendation of the Planning Board.

C. 

Restrictions on all signs:

(1) 

No signs shall be equipped or displayed with moving or flashing or intermittent illumination.

(2) 

No sign or window display shall be so placed or illumined as to be a hazard to traffic or disturbing or annoying to occupants of any other building.

(3) 

Signs, other than those specified in Subsection B above, shall not be attached to any tree or fence but shall be attached to a standard, sunk in the ground, or to the building itself.

(4) 

No sign shall be permitted to be erected on the roof of any building, nor shall any sign extend above the bottom of the roofline.

D. 

The signs shall be only brown on beige or white on green or such other color combination as shall be approved by the Board of Trustees after public meeting.

[Added 9-19-1988 by L.L. No. 12-1988]

Amended 5-17-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993