The permitted locations of signs are as follows:

(Ord. of 4-19-2011, § 7.1)

(a)

Type 1: Directory signs advertising a business or activity conducted, an area of interest or a service available at a specific location. Such signs shall be not more than 18 square feet in gross area. There shall be not more than two such signs relating to any one such use in the approaching direction along any one street. No such sign shall be more than eight miles away from the location to which it relates. Such signs may be placed at the right-of-way line of the street. A larger number of signs may be permitted by the zoning board of appeals if the board shall find it necessary for directing the traveling public. A permit is required.

(b)

Type 2: Signs advertising a customary home occupation or professional office. Such signs shall not exceed four square feet in gross area, shall be attached to the building and, if illuminated, shall be indirectly lighted. No permit is required.

(c)

Type 3: Signs advertising the sale, rent or lease of the property on which the sign is placed. Such sign shall not exceed six square feet in gross area and may be placed at the right-of-way line of the street. No permit is required. Type 3 signs include temporary signs such as rummage, garage sale, and political elections signs (60-day limit).

(d)

Type 4: Signs located off premises advertising a general brand or product, an area of interest, a business conducted or a service available. Such signs shall not be more than 100 square feet per side in area and erected outside a line parallel to and 25 feet from the street right-of-way line. A permit is required.

(e)

Type 5: Signs on the premises of commercial, industrial and agricultural buildings advertising a business conducted or a service available on the premises. No sign shall exceed 200 square feet in gross area, be higher than ten feet above the top of the roofline, extend more than six inches outside of buildings wall surface and exceed 20 feet in height above the main centerline of the street. A permit is required.

(f)

Type 6: On-premises signs advertising a public or semipublic use. Such signs shall not exceed 32 square feet in gross area. There shall be no more than one sign for each street upon which the property faces. A permit is required.

(g)

Type 7: Recreational directory signs indicating the direction to a cottage, resort residence or similar use. Such signs shall not be more than one square foot in gross area. Where a common posting standard is provided, all such signs shall be attached to the standard recreational directory. A permit is required.

(Ord. of 4-19-2011, § 7.2)

(a)

No sign shall be so placed as to interfere with the visibility or effectiveness of any official traffic sign or signal or with driver vision at any access point or intersection.

(b)

No sign will be permitted that resembles the size, shape, form or color of official traffic control signs, signals or devices.

(c)

No sign shall contain or be illuminated by a flashing light if within or adjacent to a residential development.

(d)

No sign in a conspicuous state of disrepair shall be permitted to exist. The village clerk/treasurer may order removal on a 20-day public notice or immediately if public danger exists.

(Ord. of 4-19-2011, § 7.3)

Any sign which becomes a nonconforming sign as of April 19, 2011, or which becomes a nonconforming sign at any future date may be continued, provided that no increase in size, illumination or flashing of such sign shall be made and, further, provided any sign, including structures and all supporting members, shall be discontinued and removed not more than five years after the date that such sign becomes a nonconforming sign unless such nonconforming sign shall be made to conform to all of the regulations of the district in which it is located.

(Ord. of 4-19-2011, § 7.4)

Every applicant for a permit for a type 4 sign may, before the permit is granted, be required by the building inspector, village board, planning commission, or board of appeals to execute a surety bond or show evidence of liability insurance coverage, in an amount to be set by such individual or agency. Removal of any sign shall be the financial obligation of the sign and/or property owner.

(Ord. of 4-19-2011, § 7.5)