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Surf City City Zoning Code

§ 30-10.1

Signs in RA and RAA Residential Zones.

[Ord. No. 72-7 § 10A; Ord. No. 82-4; Ord. No. 2016-05]
No signs, billboards, advertising structures or similar items are permitted in RA and RAA Residential Zones except as follows:
a. 
Street signs erected by the Borough or County at public or private streets, lanes or drives.
b. 
One lighted or unlighted professional office announcement sign of over one square foot in area for each dwelling containing such office in the RA Residential Zone only.
c. 
One lighted or unlighted sign, permanent announcement or bulletin board not over 20 square feet in area for each church, school, museum or similar public use, plus signs not over four square feet in area to provide directions to specific buildings, entrances and off-street parking area.
d. 
A name plate not over one square foot in area containing only the name of the establishment or its occupant.
e. 
On improved, unimproved or vacant plots, one real estate sign not over 4 1/2 square feet in area, bearing a sale message exhibited thereon by the owner of the plot or by a real estate broker; it being the express intention to permit no more than one such sign to be exhibited on the plot at any time.
[Amended 7-11-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-10]
f. 
Directional signs for public buildings, schools, churches and museums where the foregoing are permitted uses, provided that each such sign shall not be over six square feet in area, and each such use shall have not more than two such signs.
g. 
During the construction, repair or remodeling of a single building one sign may be maintained on the premises by each of the contractors or subcontractors working thereon, provided each sign does not exceed six square feet in area and further provided all signs are removed within 48 hours of the termination of the work or construction as determined by the Construction Official.
h. 
The area of the trim or framing device of any sign shall not exceed 10% of the sign area as defined in § 30-3.
i. 
Lighted signs, where permitted, shall not include exposed bulbs or tubings, or flashing lights.
j. 
A sign bearing a message of political expression which includes, but is not limited to any fair comment of any matter of public interest, political speech or political expression is not included to mean commercial speech tied to commercial uses. The sign shall not exceed 12 square feet in area and no single dimension shall exceed six feet.
k. 
The Ocean County Library shall be permitted any one sign or the total combined areas of two signs not to exceed 40 square feet. Such sign may be unlighted, lighted, illuminated, digital or neon.
No lighted, illuminated, digital or neon sign shall be of such color or located in such a fashion as to diminish or detract in any way from the effectiveness of any traffic signal or similar safety or warning device.
No sign shall have flashing lights or exposed high-intensity illumination.