Single Residential

Signs will be unit construction, applied as a unit to the face of the building or to the sign posts. The scale shall be a maximum of 3 inches for primary text letters, 1 inch maximum for secondary text. Plain fonts are preferred. Ornate fonts are allowed for primary text, as long as they maintain legibility as judged by the review board.

Squares or horizontal rectangles shall be the preferred shapes used. A decorative top and/or bottom edge is allowed.

For placement, freestanding signs are only permitted where multiple businesses occupy the same building, a distance of 8 feet or more exists between the building and sidewalk, and provided the property has a minium frontage of 150 feet and the sign is approved as a special use. One freestanding sign may represent all of the businesses that reside in a particular building. Such a sign shall be perpendicular to the street and mounted between two support posts. Maximum height to the top of the sign and posts is 4 feet, with a minimum clearance of 1 foot between the sign bottom and the ground.

Signs mounted on buildings shall be perpendicular to the building. A shingle should be hung from a bracket with the center of the sign set about 5 feet above the stoop. It should be positioned on the opening side of the door no less than 1 foot horizontal distance away from the edge of the door frame, and no closer than 6 inches to any window or 1 foot to any other doors. These signs should not exceed 1 foot, 6 inches in height, not including the bracket.

Signs parallel to the building should be mounted on the building on the opening side of the door, flush with the face of the building. The center of the sign should be about 5 feet above the stoop, leaving a minimum of 2 inches of clearance between the sign and its mountings and any

other exterior features or trim, such as the door and window frames, roof brackets, and vent outlets. Signs should not exceed 1 foot, 6 inches in height.

Sign material shall be of painted wood or composite material or a single piece of cast metal.

Texture for signs shall be flat, or have raised primary lettering, borders, or images.

Color for signs shall have a light background and dark lettering and trim of high contrast.

There shall be a maximum of one sign per individual business. Where multiple businesses occupy the same structure, each business may have one sign meeting the above parameters for building-mounted signs. One additional building sign that lists all of the inhabiting businesses, meeting the above freestanding sign parameters, is also allowed.