Linden City Zoning Code
§ 31-25.10
Signs Permitted in Industrial Districts, L-I, L-1A and H-I Zones.
[1979 Code § 22-6.9; Ord. No. 20-163 § 609—609.2; Ord. No. 53-41 § 1; Ord. No. 60-1 § 3]
b.
Freestanding and Monument Signs. Freestanding and monument signs advertising a permitted use within the district shall be subject to the following regulations:
1.
Such sign shall not exceed a height of eighteen (18) feet or the height of the principal building on the lot, whichever the greater.
2.
No such sign shall exceed fifty (50) square feet in area on any one (1) side, except that wherein the lot on which the sign is to be located has a frontage exceeding one hundred (100) feet, an additional five (5) square feet of sign area for each side of the sign for each ten (10) additional feet of lot frontage or fraction thereof shall be permitted.
3.
All permitted freestanding and monument signs shall be set back at least twenty (20) feet from the curb line and any side or rear property line.
4.
No such sign shall have a vertical dimension in excess of ten (10) feet.
c.
Billboards. Billboards shall be permitted as a freestanding sign in the L-I, L-1A and H-I Zones, but only as the principal use of the lot. The billboard shall conform to the following regulations, in addition to the applicable regulations set forth in subsections 31-25.1 to 31-25.6
1.
The height of the billboard shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet when measured from the ground surface below the billboard to the highest point of the billboard.
2.
The ground clearance of the billboard shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet when measured from the ground surface below the billboard to the bottom of the billboard sign area.
3.
The sign area of the billboard shall not exceed one hundred twenty (120) square feet.
4.
The sign area of the billboard shall not exceed twelve (12) feet in width.
5.
The distance allowed from any billboard to any other billboard shall not be less than one thousand (1000) feet.
6.
All parts of the billboard, including any support post or sign face, shall be setback not less than fifteen (15) feet from any structure, property line, or street right-of-way.
7.
No billboard message shall be readable with the naked eye from any residential property.
8.
No light from a billboard may add to the measurable existing light on a residential property.
9.
The billboard shall be in compliance with the Roadway Signs Outdoor Advertising Act. (N.J.S.A. 27:1A-5, 27-1A6, 27:5.5 et seq.)
10.
The billboard shall not be erected unless approved by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and shall secure a license for an off-premises billboard sign at the specific location being sought for approval.
11.
No billboard shall have more than two (2) sign faces. The sign faces shall be back to back and shall be parallel to each other. No angle shall be permitted between the sign faces.
12.
The billboard shall be the only principal use of the lot.