Allenhurst City Zoning Code
§ 26-5.10
Signs.
[Ord. 6/26/79 § 510; Ord. No. 96-13 § I]
a. ERECT GROUND SIGNS ILLUMINATED SIGNS PROJECTING SIGNS ROOF SIGNS SIGN TEMPORARY SIGN WALL SIGNS
Definitions. As used in this subsection:
shall mean to build, construct, attach, place, suspend or affix and shall also include the painting of wall signs and the painting of signs or displays on the exterior surface of a building or structure.
shall mean any sign supported by up-rights or braces placed upon the ground and not attached to any building.
shall mean any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs, or outline illuminated by electric lights or luminous tubes as a part of the sign proper.
shall mean any sign which is attached to a building or other structure and extends beyond the line of the building or structure or beyond the surface of that portion of the building or structure to which it is attached.
shall mean any sign erected, constructed and maintained wholly upon or over the roof of any building with the principal support on the roof structure.
shall mean and include every sign, billboard, ground sign, wall sign, roof sign, sign painted on the exterior surface of a building structure, illuminated sign, projecting sign, temporary sign, awning and canopy and shall include any announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration or insignia used to advertise or promote the interests of any person, firm or corporation when it is placed out of doors in view of the general public.
shall mean any sign, banner, permit, valance with or without frames, intended to be displayed for a short period of time only.
shall mean all flat signs of solid face construction which are placed against a building or other structure and attached to the exterior front, rear or side wall of any building or other structure.
b.
Permit Required. No person shall erect, alter, relocate or maintain within the Borough any sign, as defined in this subsection, without first making application for and obtaining an erection permit from the Construction Official. The changing of lettering or any other material change in any sign shall be considered as the erection of a new sign. This provision shall not apply to ground signs permitted under paragraph h.
c.
Application for Permit. Application for erection permits shall be accompanied by the required fee and shall contain the following information:
1.
Name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
2.
Location of building, structure or lot to which or upon which the sign is to be attached or erected.
3.
Dimensions and description of sign and legend.
4.
Position of the sign in relation to nearby buildings or structures.
5.
Name of person, firm, corporation or association erecting the sign.
6.
Other information as the Construction Official shall require to show full compliance with this chapter and all other laws and ordinances of the Borough. This paragraph shall not apply to ground signs permitted under paragraph h. herein.
d.
Issuance of Permit. It shall be the duty of the Construction Official to examine the application and other data and the premises upon which it is proposed to erect the sign, and if it shall appear that the proposed structure is in compliance with all the requirements of this chapter and all other laws and ordinances of the Borough, he shall then issue the erection permit. If the work authorized under an erection permit has not been completed within two (2) months after date of issuance, the permit shall become null and void.
e.
Notice to Remove Signs.
1.
If the Construction Official shall find that any sign regulated herein is unsafe, insecure or in need of repairs, he shall give written notice to the permittee. If the permittee fails to remove, alter or repair it within thirty (30) days after notice, the sign may be removed, altered or repaired in order to comply, by the Construction Official, at the expense of the permittee or owner of the property upon which it is located.
2.
Any sign now or hereafter existing which no longer advertises a bona fide business conducted or a product sold, shall be taken down and removed by the permittee, owner, agent or person having the beneficial use of the building or structure upon which the sign may be found within ten (10) days after written notification from the Construction Official. Upon failure to comply with a notice within the time specified in the order, the Construction Official is hereby authorized to cause removal of the sign, and any expense incident thereto shall be paid by the permittee or owner of the building or structure to which the sign is attached.
f.
Nonconforming Signs.
1.
Any other signs now in existence, the erection or displaying of which is prohibited hereunder may be continued on the building, structure, lot or land so occupied. However, at no time shall a sign be altered, rebuilt, enlarged, extended or relocated, unless the action changes a nonconforming sign into a conforming sign as provided herein.
2.
The failure to keep a nonconforming sign painted, illuminated or in good repair, for a period of six (6) months shall constitute abandonment and the sign may not be reused and must be removed.
g.
Signs Permitted in Business Districts. It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any sign in any business or commercial district established and shown and designated on the Zoning Map of the Borough, except:
1.
One wall sign per established business for each street frontage, not exceeding a total of ten (10%) percent of that building face including the window area, but not to exceed three (3) feet in height, advertising only the business carried on or the services and products made or sold on the premises.
2.
No illuminated signs shall be of the flasher or speller type. No interior illuminated window signs shall be of the chasing type.
3.
No wall sign shall project higher than the highest point of the parapet or facade of the building to which it is affixed and shall not project over twelve (12) inches from the face of the building nor beyond the property line bounding the property upon which it is erected.
4.
All signs shall be removed no later than thirty (30) days after a business ceases to operate.
h.
Signs Permitted in Residential Districts. It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any sign in any residential district established and shown and designated on the Zoning Map of the Borough except:
1.
One (1) sale or rent sign only on the property to be sold or rented which shall be of the ground type as defined in paragraph a. not to exceed eighteen (18) inches by two (2) feet in area, which shall state only that the property is either for sale or rent and may contain only such legends as "inquire within," or "inquire any broker," a telephone number, the name of a broker or the owner, which sign shall be placed at a distance from the curbline not less than eighty (80%) percent of the distance between the property line and the building line.
2.
Name plate signs identifying the occupant of the building, but not designating a profession, trade or business of any kind or character.