Linden City Zoning Code
§ 31-25.2
Exempt Signs.
[1979 Code § 22-6.2; Ord. No. 20-163 § 602—602.7; Ord. No. 48-16, § 1]
The following signs are declared exempt from the requirements of this chapter:
a.
Professional signs indicating the name and profession of the occupant of a dwelling, provided such signs do not exceed two (2) square feet on any one (1) side.
b.
Residential name plate signs situated within the property lines and not exceeding seventy-two (72) inches on any one (1) side.
c.
Temporary signs inside windows or commercial establishments not covering more than twenty-five (25%) percent of the window area.
d.
Any signs forbidding trespassing, hunting, fishing or trapping as authorized by the Fish and Game Laws.
e.
Temporary signs indicating a political preference or a political cause provided such signs do not exceed twelve (12) square feet in area on any one (1) side. Notwithstanding any provision hereof, in no event shall any temporary sign indicating a political preference be posted, placed or affixed to any telephone or utility pole. Additionally, no such signs shall be posted, placed or affixed to any private property without the express permission of the owner thereof.
f.
Temporary charitable signs providing such signs do not exceed sixteen (16) square feet on any one (1) side.
g.
Temporary real estate "for sale" and "sold" signs provided:
1.
No sign in a residential district shall exceed four (4) square feet in surface area on any one (1) side, is unlighted, and no more than one (1) sign shall be permitted for each one hundred (100) feet of lot frontage or fraction thereof.
2.
No sign shall exceed sixteen (16) square feet on any one (1) side in a nonresidential district.
3.
No sign shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to a property line unless attached to a building.