Little Ferry City Zoning Code

A permanent entrance sign shall be permitted having a maximum area of up to 24 square feet.

Nonresidential building wall signs shall be permitted, provided such signs are approved as part of a comprehensive sign plan for each development. Except for buildings containing multiple retail and service business uses, no more than two wall signs shall be permitted for each building and no individual wall sign shall exceed an area of 5% of the building facade to which it is attached. Buildings containing multiple retail and service business uses may be permitted to have a wall signage system that also allows each retail and service business use to have an exterior building sign, but all such signs must be part of a coordinated sign plan (as to color choices, lettering style and size and sign placement) approved for the development by the Land Use Board at the time of site plan approval, and no individual retail or service business wall sign shall exceed a maximum area of 20 square feet nor a maximum vertical sign dimension of two feet.

Building locator and wayfinding signs shall be permitted without restriction provided that the maximum area of any such sign is eight square feet per sign and no such sign is placed above the first floor level. Such signs shall be permitted for all residential buildings and for all other permitted facilities on the site.

Minimum sign setback to perimeter property line: three feet.

Sign maintenance shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property or of the homeowners' or condominium association, if there be one.

Exterior illumination of signs shall be permitted subject to site plan approval. No flashing or moving lights shall be permitted.

No other permanent signage shall be permitted on the site.

All permanent signage shall be subject to site plan review.

Temporary sales, directional signs and construction vehicular movement signs shall be permitted as needed with a maximum area of eight square feet per sign except that one temporary two-sided sales sign having a maximum area of 20 square feet shall be permitted at the site entrance, within three feet of the property line.