New Hempstead City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
Signs 1
§ 290-112 Permit required; issuance.
No sign, as defined in this chapter, shall be erected or installed upon or within any structure or upon any land nor shall any existing sign be changed until a sign permit has been obtained from the Architectural Review Board. If no Architectural Review Board has been appointed, sign permits shall be issued by the Planning Board. No sign permit shall be issued unless all applicable provisions of this article have been met.
§ 290-113 Exceptions.
[Amended 7-5-1984 by L.L. No. 17-1984]
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the following classes of signs:
A.
Signs of or required by duly constituted governmental bodies and their agencies.
B.
Flags of the national, state, county or town government, not exceeding 15 square feet in area.
C.
Temporary signs in any district pertaining to and displayed during campaigns, drives or events of civic, political, philanthropic or educational institutions, provided that such signs are displayed not more than 45 days before the event and removed three days after the event.
D.
Name and address signs, not more than one for each street frontage of each principal use on a lot and not exceeding one square foot in area, showing only the name of the occupant and/or the address of the premises on which they are situated, provided that such sign is located not closer than 15 feet to a side lot line.
E.
One temporary, nonilluminated "house for sale," "property for sale," "house for rent" or "property for rent" sign per lot, which sign must relate only to the sale or rental of the lot on which the sign is situated. Such sign shall be less than eight square feet in area for "house for sale" and "house for rent" signs and less than 15 square feet in area for "property for sale" and "property for rent" signs.
[Amended 12-21-1988 by L.L. No. 13-1988]
F.
Temporary, nonilluminated construction signs, not exceeding 12 square feet in area, identifying the project under construction, participating designers, contractors or developers, etc. Such a sign shall be permitted only during the construction period of the project.
G.
Signs not visible outside of a building.
H.
Holiday decorations displayed in season.
I.
Temporary signs for garage sales, provided that such signs contain the address of the seller and date of the sale, are displayed only two days prior to the sale and are removed within two days after the sale.
§ 290-114 Types of signs permitted; restrictions.
General regulations for signs permitted by § 290-115 of this chapter are given below:
A.
Flat wall signs (signs attached rigidly to or painted on a wall of a building). A flat wall sign may be located anywhere on any wall of a building, provided that it shall not conceal any part of a window, that its length shall not exceed 7/8 of the facade of the establishment and that it shall not be higher than the wall of the building to which it is attached.
B.
Projecting signs (signs hung from a bracket attached to a wall of a building). A projecting sign shall not extend beyond the curbline nor more than 50 inches, exclusive of any supporting structure, from the wall of a building. A projecting sign shall not be less than 10 feet from the ground level at the base of the building, or a lesser distance so long as public safety is not endangered, nor more than 25 feet from the ground level to the top of the sign. Such a sign shall not extend above the building nor be more than 12 square feet in size.
C.
Freestanding signs (signs rigidly mounted or hung from a bracket on a structure or post set in the ground). A freestanding sign may not exceed 20 square feet in area and may not extend more than 15 feet above the ground level to the top of the sign.
§ 290-115 Total sign area permitted.
For all special permit uses and for all uses in the LO District, the total area of all signs erected on the lot shall not exceed one square foot for each horizontal linear foot of the facade of the establishment. If the lot has frontage on more than one street, an additional sign area of one square foot for each linear foot of such additional frontage shall be allowed as long as such additional sign area appears facing the additional frontage.
§ 290-116 Illumination.
Illumination shall be from indirect or internal light sources. The source of illumination shall be so shielded that it is not visible beyond the boundaries of the lot on which it is located.
§ 290-117 Relationship to use of property.
All signs must pertain to a use conducted on the same property on which they are located, except signs of service groups.
§ 290-118 Setbacks.
All signs shall comply with the yard requirements for principal buildings of the district in which they are located.
§ 290-119 Design.
All signs shall be compatible with the design of the building in terms of size, color, form and uniformity.
§ 290-120 Prohibited signs.
The use, erection or installation of the following sign types is prohibited:
A.
Roof signs.
B.
Flashing or intermittently illuminated signs. A sign which exhibits changing light or color effects, even though the intensity of light may be relatively constant, shall be deemed a flashing sign.
C.
Signs where the source of illumination is visible, including neon-type electric signs.
D.
Searchlights to attract attention to a sign or permitted use.
E.
Strings of incandescent lights.
F.
Moving or rotating signs.
G.
Pennants, streamers or other eye-catching devices.
H.
Signs on awnings.
I.
Portable signs, with or without wheels, easel-type, A-frame or other; any sign not permanently affixed to a building or the ground.
J.
Signs on or within windows.
§ 290-121 Nonconforming signs.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Every sign which is made nonconforming by this chapter or which existed as nonconforming prior to the adoption of this chapter shall be discontinued and removed or changed to conform to the standards of this chapter within a period of three years from the date of the adoption of this chapter or a subsequent amendment to this chapter.
§ 290-122 Fees.
Application for a sign permit shall be accompanied by a fee as specified in the Fee Schedule adopted by the Board of Trustees.