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Lyndhurst City Zoning Code

§ 21-9.5

M-1 and M-2 Districts.

[Ord. No. 2067; Ord. No. 2567, § 3]
Permitted in M-1 and M-2 Districts:
a. 
Business signs attached to the main wall of the building, or ground signs which comply with the setback regulations, and are no more than 15 feet in height. The total permitted surface display area of permitted signs shall not exceed the square footage figures produced by application of the following formula (street frontage being expressed here in linear feet): 0.75 times the total principal street frontage plus 0.30 times the secondary street frontage in the case of a corner lot.
b. 
Permitted as a conditional use to be granted by the planning board: advertising signs. The total permitted surface display area of permitted signs shall not exceed the square footage figure produced by application of the following formula (street frontage being expressed here in linear feet): .5 times the total principal street frontage plus 1.0 times the secondary street frontage in the case of a corner lot; but in no case larger than 500 square feet in area. The height shall be not more than .50 times the length of the sign.
Advertising signs shall be limited to the number in existence on February 13, 1973 and may be replaced or relocated in permitted district within one year after the sign is destroyed or removed from the original location.
c. 
Freestanding signs shall be permitted as follows:
1. 
One freestanding sign, which may have interior lighting, may be erected. It shall be not more than six feet in height, nor more than six feet in length and have not more than two sides and be set back at least 1/2 the distance of the required building setback from the street right-of-way.
2. 
Where the building is set back from the street line a distance of 25 feet or more, not more than one freestanding sign with a total area of not more than 40 square feet may be erected.