Ranlo City Zoning Code
SIGN REGULATIONS
§ 154.080 SIGNS PERMITTED WITHOUT LIMITATION.
In all districts, the following signs shall be permitted without limitation:
(A) Signs to regulate traffic;
(B) Signs required to be posted by law;
(C) Warning signs and no trespassing signs;
(D) Signs established by governmental agencies;
(E) Signs indicating bus stops, taxi stands, and similar transportation facilities;
(F) Signs giving information concerning the location or use of accessory off-street parking facilities or loading or unloading facilities;
(G) Temporary real estate signs, not exceeding four square feet in area, advertising specific property for sale, lease, rent, or development;
(H) Subdivision identification signs not exceeding 12 square feet in area; and
(I) Temporary signs involved in campaigns of religious, charitable, civic, and fraternal organizations.
(Prior Code, § 9-4061) (Ord. passed 4-27-1970; Ord. passed 8-14-2003)
§ 154.081 UNSAFE SIGNS.
Signs that are structurally unsafe and thereby endanger the public safety shall be removed unless they are repaired and made to otherwise comply with the requirements of this code.
(Prior Code, § 9-4062) (Ord. passed 4-27-1970)
§ 154.082 FLASHING AND MOVING SIGNS.
(A) No sign shall be located within 50 feet of the street right-of-way which has flashing illumination or which exhibits lights having a flashing effect.
(B) The letter “N” means that the sign shall not have flashing illumination.
(C) The letter “M” means that the sign shall be motionless.
(Prior Code, § 9-4063) (Ord. passed 4-27-1970)
§ 154.083 SCHEDULE OF SIGN REGULATIONS.
Signs shall be permitted in accordance with the following specified regulations: (see sign regulations schedule facing page).
(Prior Code, § 9-4064) (Ord. passed 4-27-1970)
§ 154.084 ADVERTISING SIGNS.
The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to the following zones only: MO & I, Medical Offices and Institutional; O & I-2, Office and Institutional; B-1, Neighborhood Business; B-2, Highway Business; B-3, Central Business; B-3P Central Business District Perimeter; B-4, General Business; I-1, Light Industrial; I-2, General Industrial; I-2L, General Industrial Limited; and EI-1, Exclusive Industrial.
(Prior Code, § 9-4065) (Ord. passed 4-27-1970)
§ 154.085 SPECIAL SIGN REGULATIONS.
(A) A shopping center consisting of five or more businesses located in a unified building or group of buildings may have business and/or identification signs as permitted in the zone or district, except that the shopping center as a whole may have one detached sign per street front over and above the detached signs permitted for the business establishments in the shopping center.
(B) One temporary sign shall be permitted on the site of any construction work bearing the name of the building, the owner, and those furnishing services or materials used on the construction work.
(C) Real estate signs in residential zones advertising the sale, rental, or lease of the premises on which the sign is located shall not exceed four square feet in area and shall be at least ten feet from any street right-of-way line.
(D) No sign shall be erected or maintained at any location where by reason of its position, working, illumination, shape, symbol, color, form, or character, it may obstruct, impair, obscure, interfere with the view of, or may be confused with, any authorized traffic-control sign, signal, or device, or interfere with, mislead, confuse, or disrupt traffic.
(E) No sign having flashing, intermittent, or animated illumination shall be permitted within 75 feet of a street or highway intersection or within 300 feet of any residential zone unless the sign is not visible from the zone.
(F) No advertising sign shall be permitted in any area designated by the Board as one of scenic beauty or historical interest.
(G) A sign designated to be viewed from two directions shall be considered as one sign, provided that the two sign faces are parallel and not more than 42 inches apart.
(H) All detached business signs shall be limited to a height of 30 feet and shall not exceed 100 square feet in area.
(Prior Code, § 9-4066) (Ord. passed 4-27-1970) Penalty, see § 154.999
§ 154.086 SIGN REGULATIONS FOR B-3 CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONE.
Signs in B-3 Central Business Zones shall be regulated as follows:
(A) Types of signs permitted: identification and/or business;
(B) Permitted number of signs: two per use per street;
(C) Permitted illumination: luminous; and
(D) Permitted location: anywhere on the property, but projecting not more than six inches into street right-of-way unless the sign is ten feet above the street sidewalk grade, in which case it may project 18 inches into the street right-of-way. A sign may project over the street right-of-way if the sign is attached to a canopy or similar appurtenance which extends over the right-of-way, but in no case shall project beyond the end of the canopy or appurtenance. Roof signs shall not be permitted.
(Prior Code, § 9-4067) (Ord. passed 4-27-1970)
§ 154.087 POLITICAL SIGN REGULATIONS.
(A) It shall be lawful to post or affix printed or graphic materials upon public rights-of-way in the town after September 30, preceding a national, state, or local election or referendum to be held in the town, when materials relate to the candidate or candidates seeking election or the political issues being voted upon. RIGHTS-OF-WAY are defined as those areas between the road and the back of either a utility pole, street sign, or sidewalks, whichever is further, but no less than five feet from the pavement edge.
(B) Sign placement is subject to the following restrictions.
(1) No signs shall be placed in medians or landscaped areas.
(2) No signs shall be attached to utility poles or traffic control signs.
(3) No signs shall be placed within 15 feet of, or obscuring from view, any fire hydrant.
(4) All signs larger than six square feet must be placed outside of the sight triangle of an intersection. A SIGHT TRIANGLE is defined as that area formed by measuring 20 feet back from an intersection in both directions, and then connected by straight line.
(5) Signs that have fallen due to weather or other conditions must be repaired or removed.
(6) All signs placed in rights-of-way prior to October 1 will be removed.
(7) All signs must be removed by November 17.
(8) Because signs imply endorsement, any resident or business shall have the right to remove any and all signs placed in the rights-of-way of their respective premises.
(9) At no time shall signs be placed on rights-of-way fronting public facilities (for example, government offices or operations center, post office, public parks, public safety stations, public schools, and the like), except after the facilities have closed the day before election day and where said public facility is a polling place, and such sign is placed in accordance with the rules of the Board of Elections.
(10) Signs placed on private property, outside of rights-of-way, may be placed anywhere and anytime as long as the sign does not obstruct the safe vision of motorists and is removed by November 17.
(Prior Code, § 9-4068) (Ord. passed 8-14-2003; Ord. passed 1-14-2010) Penalty, see § 154.999