(a)

No sign shall hereafter be located, erected, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, converted or structurally altered without being in conformance with the provisions of this article. The sign shall also meet all the structural requirements of all village codes.

(b)

Signs lawfully existing at the time of the adoption or amendment of this chapter may be continued although the use, size or location does not conform with the provisions of this chapter. However, such sign shall be deemed a nonconforming use or structure.

(c)

All projecting or overhanging signs shall be replaced with conforming wall signs within five years of the date of the adoption of this chapter.

(Ord. of 2-21-94(2), § 12)

Signs may be located in accordance with the following table:

(Ord. of 2-21-94(2), § 12(1))

(a)

Type 1 signs are directory signs advertising a business or activity conducted, an area of interest, or a service available, at a specific location. Such signs shall be not more than 12 square feet in gross area. There shall be not more than two such signs relating to any one such use in the approaching direction along any one highway. No such sign shall be more than ten miles away from the location to which it relates. Such signs may be placed at the right-of-way line of the highway. A larger number of signs may be permitted as a conditional use by the village board if the board shall find it necessary for directing the traveling public.

(b)

Type 2 signs are signs advertising a customary home occupation or professional office. Such signs shall not exceed six square feet in gross area, and shall not be lighted.

(c)

Type 3 signs are signs advertising the sale, rent or lease of the property on which the sign is placed. Such signs shall not exceed eight square feet in gross area and may be placed at the right-of-way line of the highway.

(d)

Type 4 signs are signs advertising a general brand or product, an area of interest, a business conducted, or a service available. Such signs shall not be more than 400 square feet in gross area and erected outside a line parallel to and 50 feet from the highway right-of-way.

(e)

Type 5 signs are roof, wall, awning and facade signs attached to commercial and industrial buildings advertising a business conducted or a service available on the premises. No sign shall be higher than four feet above the top of the roof line or exceed the maximum height limitation permitted in the district, and shall not exceed 400 square feet in gross area.

(f)

Type 6 signs are on-premises signs advertising a public or semipublic use. Such signs shall not exceed 12 square feet in gross area. There shall be no more than one sign for each highway upon which the property faces. Such signs may be placed at the right-of-way line of the highway.

(g)

Type 7 signs are recreational directory signs indicating the direction to a cottage, resort, residence or similar use. Such signs shall not be more than four square feet in gross area. Where a common posting standard is provided, all such signs shall be attached to the standard recreational directory. Signs may be placed at the right-of-way lines of highways, except freeways or expressways.

(h)

Type 8 signs are signs advertising the location of a garage sale. Such sign shall not exceed three square feet. No more than three such signs shall be placed, and only on the days the sale occurs.

(i)

Type 9 means political signs, which may be erected upon private property. The person or organization responsible for the erection or distribution of any such signs, or the owner, or his agent, of the property upon which such signs may be located shall cause the removal thereof within ten days after primary or special election to which they are appurtenant unless such signs shall continue to be appurtenant to a general election. All signs shall be removed within ten days after a general election.

(j)

Type 10 signs are signs advertising the sale of farm products produced on the premises not to exceed eight square feet.

(k)

Type 11 signs are official signs, such as traffic control, parking restrictions, information and notices; temporary signs or banners when authorized by the village board; memorial signs, tablets, names of buildings, and date of erection when cut into any masonry surface or when constructed of metal and affixed flat against a structure.

(l)

Type 12 signs are signs advertising bed and breakfast services and beauty salon/barbershops not exceeding eight square feet in area.

(Ord. of 2-21-94(2), § 12(2))

(a)

No sign shall be so placed as to interfere with the visibility or effectiveness of any official traffic sign or signal, or with driver vision at any access point or intersection.

(b)

No sign will be permitted that resembles the size, shape, form or color of official traffic control signs, signals or devices; and no sign shall be placed so as to obstruct or interfere with traffic visibility.

(c)

No sign shall contain, include or be composed of any conspicuous animated or moving part, except for time and temperature signs.

(d)

No sign shall contain more than 400 square feet in gross area.

(e)

No sign shall be painted directly on the building walls, except water towers, which may display the name or symbol of the owner or operator.

(f)

The following signs are prohibited:

(1)

Sandwich signs.

(2)

Movable signs.

(3)

Abandoned signs.

Exception: Two double-faced sandwich or movable signs are permitted when meeting all other applicable requirements and when their use is limited to 30 days of a 90-day period. Such signs shall be set back at least five feet from street property line and shall be not larger than eight square feet per face, except that the area of one such sign may be increased by one square foot for each three lineal feet of frontage over 50 feet on a street to a maximum of 24 square feet per face.

(g)

Parking of advertising vehicles prohibited.

(1)

No persons shall park any vehicle or trailer on a public right-of-way or public property or on private properties so as to be seen from a public right-of-way, which has attached thereto or located thereon any sign or advertising device for the basic purpose of providing advertisement of products or directing people to a business activity located on the same or nearby property or any other premises.

(2)

This section shall not prohibit "For Sale" signs on vehicles for sale provided the vehicle is not parked on a public right-of-way.

(Ord. of 2-21-94(2), § 12(3); Ord. of 10-27-14(1), § I(1))

Notwithstanding any other provisions of article V, electronic message display signs will be permitted as freestanding signs only in the B-1 and B-2 business districts and in the P (public) district with the following restrictions:

(1)

The area of an electronic message display sign shall not exceed 15 square feet.

(2)

Operational limitations. Such displays shall contain static messages only, shall be changed only through dissolve or fade transitions, or with the use of other subtle transitions and frame effects that do not have the appearance of moving text or images, but which may otherwise not have movement, or the appearance of optical illusion of movement, of any part of the sign structure, design or pictorial segment of the sign, including the movement of any illumination or flashing, scintillating or varying of light intensity.

(3)

Each message on the sign must be displayed for a minimum of four seconds.

(4)

Electronic message display signs capable of displaying words, symbols, figures or images that can be electronically or mechanically changed by remote or automatic means, including text, animated graphics or images that appear to move or change in size, or be revealed sequentially rather than all at once, and video may be permitted with the approval of a conditional use permit.

(5)

Electronic message display signs must be located a minimum of 150 feet from the boundary of any residential property or district.

(6)

An electronic message display sign must be separated by at least 50 feet from another electronic message display sign.

(7)

Undue brightness is prohibited, and is defined herein as illumination of an electronic message display sign in excess of the following intensity levels:

a.

Daylight hours: 5,000 nits or equivalent candelas per square meter or footcandles.

b.

Dusk to dawn (time of day between sunset and sunrise): 500 nits or equivalent candelas per square meter or footcandles.

c.

For electronic message display signs using incandescent lamps, no more than 15 watts per lamp.

(8)

Electronic message display signs shall be equipped with a photo cell or other automatic dimming technology based on ambient light levels.

(9)

Electronic message display signs which protrude from a wall shall not exceed five feet out from the wall nor be more than five feet in height. The lowest portion of a protruding sign must be a minimum of ten feet above the ground.

(Ord. of 10-27-14(1), § I(2)