Public interest signs; Adopt a Street Program. Informational standing signs, not including general advertising signs, owned or installed by the Board of Public Works, may be erected on public ways and traffic islands by said Board, after receiving a permit therefor from the Building Commissioner/Zoning Enforcement Officer. Such signs shall not exceed 12 square feet in surface area per side and shall be erected so that no portion of the sign is over five feet above the ground level beneath the sign. Such signs shall contain no more than two colors and shall not be illuminated. The Board may place on such signs the name(s) of persons or businesses who or which are participating in the so-called Adopt a Street Program operated by the Department of Public Works. The Board of Public Works shall adopt and publish written policies and procedures consistent with this section governing the Adopt a Street Program.

Community service announcements. Standing signs containing community service announcements, not including general advertising signs, may be erected on public ways and traffic islands with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, after receiving a permit therefor from the Building Commissioner/Zoning Enforcement Officer. Such signs shall not exceed 12 square feet in surface area per side and shall be erected so that no portion of the sign is over five feet above the ground level beneath the sign. Such signs shall not be illuminated. Provided however that so-called banner-type signs may be erected in the air space over public ways without complying with the height and size limitations contained herein.

Welcome to Marshfield signs. Signs which welcome travelers to the Town of Marshfield and which are owned or installed by the Board of Public Works may be erected on public ways and traffic islands at the entrances to the Town by said Board, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, after receiving a permit therefor from the Building Commissioner/Zoning Enforcement Officer. Such signs shall not exceed 24 square feet in surface area per side and shall be erected so that no portion of the sign is over eight feet above the ground level beneath the sign. Such signs shall contain no more than three colors and shall not be illuminated.

Each political sign shall be freestanding and secured to a post or a stake driven into the ground. Such signs shall not be attached to public property, trees, fences, utility poles or rocks. Whenever the Building Commissioner/Zoning Enforcement Officer determines that any political sign has been erected in violation of the provisions of this subsection, he shall so notify the candidate whose name appears on such sign, and/or any committee formed to advocate the candidacy of such person, of the violation. If the illegal signs are not removed within 24 hours from the time of such notice, then the candidate and committee shall both be liable for the penalties provided under § 305-10.08 of this bylaw.

The maximum size of a political sign shall not exceed six square feet. A permit must be obtained from the Building Department before any political sign can be erected or displayed. A permit fee of $10 shall be paid plus a deposit of $50 as a security for all signs erected for any one candidate. Removal shall be within three days after election day. The deposit shall be refunded upon the timely removal of the signs and verification of the enforcement officer. Signs not so removed at the end of that period shall be removed by order of the enforcement officer and the fifty-dollar security deposit shall be used for such purposes of removal and any excess amount of said deposit shall be forfeited to the Town.

One pole sign at the intersection of both Ocean Street and Webster Streets with the primary access road to Library Plaza, with said sign located on Town-owned land and held in ownership by the Town regardless of the number of businesses referenced on the sign; it may be double-faced, but shall not exceed 40 square feet in surface area per side; no portion of it shall be set back less than 10 feet from any street lot line; it shall not be erected so that any portion of it is over 12 feet above the ground or sidewalks; and if lighted, it shall be illuminated by indirect method with white light only.

Such permit may be granted under the conditions of Article X, § 305-10.10, Special permits. Upon receipt of such application, the Board shall transmit a copy of such plan at least to the Planning Board, the Safety Officer and the Beautification Committee, if applicable, which may make recommendations. No recommendation within 30 days shall be deemed approval.

Any site plan review permit issued for new construction, redevelopment or reuse within Library Plaza shall be conditioned upon approval of an amended sign design reflecting the addition of the new business to the shared sign or signs.

The commercial tenant(s) located on Assessor's Parcel H7-05-01 may elect to be included on the two signs authorized herein provided that any reference on said sign(s) shall serve as the primary and only signage for said tenant(s) visible from either Ocean Street or Webster Street, and shall disallow, for the duration of the reference to said tenant(s) on the shared sign(s), the presence on any other sign on the parcel's frontage on Ocean Street.