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Harmony Township City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VI

Signs

§ 525-37 Permit required.

A. 
A zoning permit, in addition to such permit(s) as may be required by the Uniform Construction Code of Harmony Township,[1] or by other sections, shall be required for any sign having an area greater than four square feet.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 180, Construction Codes, Uniform.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, alter, locate or relocate, reconstruct or change in any manner any sign greater than four square feet in area without first having in force and effect a zoning permit from the Zoning Officer for such sign.
C. 
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to procure a permit to maintain a sign in the Township of Harmony shall file with the Zoning Officer a written application which shall contain an accurate description of the proposed location where said sign is to be erected and a diagram of each sign applied for. Such application shall be signed by the applicant, who shall also indicate his office address and supply any and all information that the Zoning Officer and Board may reasonably require in order to determine properly whether such application complies with the provisions of this section and other applicable provisions of this chapter and other sections.

§ 525-38 General regulations.

A. 
The limitations of signs set forth for the various zones by this chapter shall not apply to any sign or directional device erected by the federal, state, county or local government or agency thereof.
B. 
The limitations of sign area as set forth by this chapter for the nonresidential zones shall not apply to parking lot markers, directional signs, entrance and exit signs and other such signs which are erected on the premises, provided that such signs do not exceed four square feet in area and do not contain any advertising of the use on the premises.
C. 
No flashing, oscillating or animated sign of any type may be erected within the Township.
D. 
No signs shall be so placed, colored or lighted as to impede or interfere in any way with the operation of a traffic light, traffic directional signal or general traffic vision.
E. 
No freestanding sign shall be erected in the Township which exceeds a height of five feet, except that in a service station such sign shall not exceed a height of 15 feet.
F. 
Under no circumstances shall any sign be located on the roof of any building, and no exceptions within this chapter shall be interpreted as applying thereto or creating such permission.[1][2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Subsection G, regarding advertising signs within the Township, of the 1990 Code, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[2]
Editor's Note: Original § 165-34, Signs permitted in all Zones, as amended 4-2-2002 by Ord. No. 02-4, and 165-35, Signs in nonresidential zones, of the 1990 Code, which immediately followed this section, were repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).