This Article of the Zoning Ordinance is established to create the standards for a comprehensive and balanced system of signs for the following purposes:

1. To facilitate an easy and pleasant communication between people and their environment by authorizing the use of signs which are:
   1. Compatible with their surroundings.
   2. Appropriate to the type or activity to which they pertain.
   3. Expressive of the identity of individual proprietors as well as of the community as a whole.
   4. Legible in the circumstances in which they are seen.
   5. Respectful to the reasonable rights of other sign owners.
2. To preserve, protect and promote the public health, safety and welfare.
3. To balance the economy and the Village business and manufacturing activity by promoting the reasonable, orderly and effective display of signs.
4. To protect the physical and mental well-being of the general public by encouraging a sense of aesthetic appreciation for the Village’s visual environment.
5. To ensure that signs are designed as integral architectural elements of the building and site to which they principally relate.
6. To preserve the value of private property by assuring the compatibility of signs with surrounding land uses.
   

No sign shall be constructed, erected, originally painted, converted, altered, rebuilt, enlarged, remodeled, relocated or expanded until a permit for such sign has been obtained in accordance with the standards and procedures set out in this Article. However, no permit shall be required for “maintenance” as defined herein.

Highway directional signs and markers which shall be made and installed in accordance with the specifications of the Village of Newark, announcing the location or, or directing traffic to, given locations which include but are not limited to the following:

1. Service areas – automobile, food and lodging.
2. Public and Quasi public information signs
3. Business
4. Political Signs. Political signs, not exceeding six (6) square feet per sign and in the aggregate twenty-four (24) square feet per lot in residential districts, or six (6) square feet per sign and in the aggregate twenty four 24) square feet per lot in commercial or office districts, with the property owner’s or tenant’s permission, posted no more than thirty (30) days before and no longer than seven (7) days after the election or activity to which they pertain. No political sign may be posted on any trees or public appurtenances such as light poles, traffic lights, utility poles, street signs, fire hydrants, etc., nor shall any such sign be located within, upon or projecting over any public right of way or public property.
   

The following non flashing signs are allowed:

1. Nameplates and identification signs indicating the name or address of the occupant of the premises or of the permitted occupation. No such sign shall exceed five (5) square feet in gross area for each residential use nor exceed twenty (20) square feet in gross area for each non-residential use.
2. Signs advertising the sale or rental of the property in which the sign is located, or the sale of agricultural products grown or produced on the property; however, no such sign shall exceed twenty (20) square feet in gross area. No sign shall be placed closer than ten (10) feet to the property line. The Zoning Enforcement Officer may require a greater setback or other location, so that such sign will not obstruct the view along any highway, at any intersection, private driveway, field entrance or other point of ingress or egress.
3. Church bulletin boards, which shall not exceed twenty four (24) square feet in area.
   

In all residential districts the following signs are permitted in accordance with the regulations set forth hereinafter.

1. Non Flashing, Non Illuminated Accessory Signs as follows:
   
   Nameplates and Identification signs, subject to the following:
   
   For one or two family dwellings, there shall be not more than one nameplate, not exceeding one and one half (1 1/2) square feet in area, for each dwelling unit, indicating the name or address of the occupant or a permitted occupation, provided that on a corner lot two (2) such nameplates for each dwelling unit facing each street shall be permitted.
   
   For Multiple Family dwellings, for apartment hotels, and for buildings other than dwellings, a single identification sign not exceeding nine (9) square feet in area and indicating only the name and address of the building and the name of the management thereof may be displayed provided that on a corner lot two such signs, one facing each street, shall be permitted.
   
   Church bulletin boards, which shall not exceed twenty four (24) square feet in area.
   
   Projection. No projection sign shall project beyond the property line into the public way.
   
   Height. No sign shall project higher than one story, or twenty (20) feet above the curb level whichever is lower.
2. Signs advertising the sale or rental of property upon which the sign is located, provided: Signs advertising the sale of one residential lot shall not exceed nine (9) square feet. Signs for the sale of property within an approved subdivision or for a single parcel of more than forty (40) acres shall not exceed one hundred (100) square feet and shall be permitted for a period of not more than two (2) years, except that a permit may be renewed annually for a period not to exceed one (1) year. The sign is located as directed by the Zoning Enforcement Officer but in no case shall a sign be located closer than ten (10) feet to any other zoning lot nor project beyond the property line into the public way. No sign shall project higher than eight (8) feet above the road level.
3. Signs relating only to the name and use of buildings or premises upon which they are placed. Advertising signs and outdoor billboards advertising products or matters not related to the occupancy and use of the premises shall not be permitted.
   

The following signs shall be permitted and governed as follows:

1. Signs relating only to the name and use of buildings or premises upon which they are placed. Advertising signs and outdoor billboards advertising products or matters not related to the occupancy and use of the premises shall not be permitted.
2. Signs attached to a building or buildings shall not project more than eighteen (18) inches from the wall upon which they are attached. Signs must be attached to parapet walls or other wall surfaces made a part of the main structure. Signs must be attached to the roof of the building or to any other part of the building, above the roofline shall not be permitted. No sign shall project higher than four (4) feet above the parapet line or the roofline whichever is higher.
3. The gross surface area of all signs on a zoning lot shall not exceed a square foot area of one-half (1/2) the lineal frontage of such zoning lot, or thirty (30) square feet for each business use, whichever is greater.
   
   Each side of a building which abuts upon more than one street shall be considered as a separate frontage.
4. For integrated shopping centers in single ownership and management, or under unified control, and containing five (5) or more stores or shops, one additional sign may be erected not exceeding one hundred (100) square feet in area advertising only the name and the location of the integrated shopping center.
   
   Such signs shall be placed as to be not less than ten (10) feet from the front property lines of the premises upon which the sign is located and the bottom edge of such signs shall be at least eight (8) feet above the level of the ground and the overall height shall not exceed twenty (20) feet above the curb level, or above the adjoining ground level if such ground level is above the street level.
5. No sign may be painted, pasted or similarly pasted directly on the surface of any wall. Nor shall any sign be permitted to be placed on any wall, fence, or standard facing the side of any adjoining lot located in any residential district.
6. Signs attached to, or hung from a marquee or canopy shall be completely within the borderline of the outer edge of the marquee or canopy and shall in no instance be lower than eight (8) feet above the ground or surface over which the marquee or canopy in constructed.
7. Signs, clocks, or other advertising devices erected upon standards or separate supports shall be placed so as to be not less than ten (10) feet from the front property lines of the premises upon which it is located, and no part of the sign or standard shall have a total height greater than twenty (20) feet above the level of the street upon which the sign faces, or above the adjoining ground level if such ground level is above the street level, nor shall the surface of any sign shall exceed an area of one hundred (100) square feet.
8. No illuminated sign shall be of the flashing or intermittent type. Signs which may be in conflict with public traffic signals shall not be permitted.
9. Traffic or directional signs designating entrances, exits, and conditions of use of parking facilities to the main use of the premises may be maintained provided they are located within the property lines of the subject lot.
   

The following signs shall be permitted and governed as follows:

1. All signs and nameplates permitted in the business districts.
2. For integrated manufacturing or industrial parks in single ownership and management, or under unified control, and containing five (5) or more businesses, one additional sign may be erected not exceeding one hundred (100) square feet in area advertising only the name and the location of the integrated manufacturing or industrial park.
   
   Such signs shall be placed as to be not less than ten (10) feet from the front property lines of the premises upon which the sign is located and the bottom edge of such signs shall be at least eight (8) feet above the level of the ground and the overall height shall not exceed twenty (20) feet above the curb level, or above the adjoining ground level if such ground level is above the street level.
3. The gross area in square feet of all signs on a zoning lot shall not exceed four (4) square feet per lineal feet of building frontage measured along the street or thoroughfare on which it faces.
4. No sign shall project higher than forty five (45) feet above the ground level beneath it.
5. No advertising sign or billboard shall project higher than twenty (20) feet above the ground level beneath it,
6. No advertising sign shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of any public park of more than five acres in area, or any freeways and toll roads designated as such in the records of the governing authorities.
7. No advertising sign shall be located within seventy five (75) feet of any property located in a residential district.