Cinnaminson Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
§ 525-89
Sign regulations for nonresidential uses in MC District.
[Added 12-12-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-29]
A.
All signs.
(1)
No sign shall be placed or maintained within the MC District except as herein provided.
(2)
No sign (except an unlighted sign for lease, sale or rent of property and not exceeding 12 square feet in area; traffic and other regulatory signs, legal notices and the like) shall be placed without review and permit.
B.
Types of signs prohibited. The following types of signs are specifically prohibited in the MC Districts:
(1)
A sign or structure which directs attention to a business commodity, service, activity or entertainment not conducted or principally sold or offered upon the premises on which the sign is located.
(2)
Signs attached to the vertical face of the building which extend upon the juncture of the facade and roof of the building.
(3)
Signs attached to any portion of the roof.
(4)
Signs employing flashing, rotating or blinking lights.
(5)
Revolving signs or beacons, streamers, pennants and/or whirling devices.
(6)
Portable signs of any type.
(7)
Freestanding signs when located within the buildable area of a lot.
C.
Informational regulatory signs. The following types of signs displayed for the direction, safety, convenience or information of the public are permitted:
(1)
Signs of duly constituted governmental bodies, including traffic or similar regulatory signs, legal notices or other signs required to be maintained or posted by law or other regulation.
(2)
Utility signs not over four square feet in area identifying parking area entrances and exits, off-street loading areas and the like.
(3)
Memorial plats, cornerstones, historical markers and the like.
(4)
Nameplates or address signs not to exceed two square feet.
(5)
Temporary announcement signs, including contractor's signs on construction sites, not to exceed 32 square feet in area indicating the name of the persons associated with or events conducted upon the premises.
D.
Business signs. Signs indicating the names of the businesses or services operating on the premises are permitted, provided that the total of such signs shall not exceed one square foot in total area for each linear foot of the greatest dimension of the structure up to a maximum of 100 square feet per principal structure.
E.
Sale or rental signs. Signs advertising that the premises are for lease, sale or rent are permitted, provided that each real estate firm shall be limited to one such sign not to exceed 12 square feet in area on each lot or parcel of property for which such firm has a bona fide listing and that such sign shall be removed from the premises within 10 days subsequent to the leasing, sale or rental of such premises.
F.
Development signs. One company sign not to exceed 50 square feet in area may be affixed to each lot or parcel of property to designate that such property is to be occupied at a future date by the business or use designated.