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Cinnaminson Township
City Zoning Code

§ 525-73

Signs for PBDs in BD District.

[Added 10-21-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-18; amended 6-1-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-4]
Each development in the BD Districts developed in accordance with the requirements of a PBD and major retail establishments may have a maximum of two signs, except as otherwise permitted below, in accordance with the following standards:
A. 
One attached and one freestanding sign is permitted.
B. 
If there is one business or use on the lot, the single business may elect to use two attached signs and no freestanding sign.
C. 
For each PBD or major retail establishment where more than one business or use is located in a particular building or buildings, where said businesses or uses use a common parking lot and/or a common driveway or roadway, no freestanding signs shall be permitted, and instead there shall be one multiple occupancy and tenancy (MOT) sign. An MOT is a sign identifying where there is more than one occupancy and tenancy use and common parking facility and/or a common private drive or roadway and where the names and professions or business names of the various tenants and/or occupants are displayed. The signs shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from the curbline. The sign may be illuminated by uprights located in the surrounding planting beds or internally illuminated.
D. 
Developments located at the intersection of two public rights-of-way may have one freestanding or MOT sign perpendicular to each.
E. 
Each building within a PBD may have a sign on its facade which cannot exceed 15% of the front wall area. The facade sign shall be flush with the wall surface and may be lighted with properly directed spotlights. Permanent lettering on a window or door is permitted, provided that the letters are not more than four inches in height and that only the name and specially of the business is inscribed.
F. 
Attached sign: 10% of the wall surface area of the wall on which the sign is to be placed.
G. 
Freestanding signs: 24 square feet on any one side; height not to exceed 20 feet.
H. 
MOT sign: 1/2 square foot for each foot of linear building frontage on the principal street, with a maximum size of 50 square feet on any one side of the sign; height not to exceed 20 feet.
I. 
All signs shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from the road right-of-way.