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Warren City Zoning Code

§ 16-25.7

Signs Permitted in Residential Districts.

[Ord. No. 93-24; Ord. No. 95-1 § 2]
a. 
Signs not exceeding one square foot for driveway entrances and exits or for warning or directional purposes. No such signs shall show any type of commercial identification or advertising.
b. 
Identification signs for schools, churches or similar public or quasi-public institutions, clubs, lodges, farms, estates or similar uses provided the area of such signs does not exceed 12 square feet. No such sign shall be located closer than 25 feet to a lot line.
c. 
Signs advertising the sale of products from a farm as defined in this chapter, when the products are grown or raised on the premises, provided the area of such signs does not exceed 32 square feet. No such sign shall be located less than 25 feet from the edge of pavement or 10 feet from a lot line, whichever the greater.
d. 
One unlighted real estate sign, not over six square feet in area, advertising the sale or lease of the building or lot upon which the sign is maintained, provided that the same is removed immediately upon the execution of a contract relative to the sale or lease of the said property. One unlighted garage sale sign, not over six square feet in area, advertising a garage sale for a period not to exceed five days upon the lot which the sign is maintained, provided that same is removed immediately upon the end of the garage sale.
The Zoning Officer may allow, on a individual basis and upon showing of substantial need, a limited number of unlighted real estate sale or lease, directional signs, and garage sale signs not over six square feet in area, to be placed at location approved by the Zoning Officer and for limited periods of time as also approved by the Zoning Officer.
e. 
The maximum height of any ground (a/k/a free-standing) sign shall not exceed six feet.