Weehawken Township City Zoning Code
§ 23-12.3
Signs in Residence Zones.
[Ord. No. 13-1993, § 2]
The following regulations shall apply to signs in the residence zones:
a.
Designation signs shall be limited to one wall sign per residential dwelling unit for one to four family dwellings and one per street frontage for multi-family buildings. The aggregate area of all designation signs on one to four family buildings shall not exceed two square feet in area and the aggregate area of all designation signs on a multi-family building shall not exceed 10 square feet in area.
b.
No business signs shall be permitted, except in connection with a permitted home occupation in which event, in lieu of the permitted designation sign for such occupant, one wall sign, one ground sign or one window sign per business shall be permitted. No permitted business sign shall exceed two square feet in area.
c.
Construction signs shall be limited to one wall sign, one ground sign or one window sign per building. For one to four family dwellings, the construction sign shall not exceed four square feet in area and for multi-family dwellings, the permitted construction sign shall not exceed eight square feet in area. A construction sign shall be removed prior to the issuance of the last Certificate of Occupancy for the building.
d.
Real estate signs shall be permitted as follows:
1.
One sign may be installed for each unit advertised for sale, lease or rent. In one to four family dwellings, such signs may be ground signs, wall signs or window signs, provided that the sign area of each sign permitted for one to four family dwellings shall not exceed seven square feet and no window sign shall be placed in the window of a dwelling unit other than the one advertised for sale, lease or rent. In multi-family buildings, such signs shall be non-illuminated, interior window signs and shall not exceed four square feet in area.
2.
Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations, in multi-family buildings, two signs per building may be erected by the management company of such building to advertise, generally, units for sale, lease or rent. Such signs may be wall signs or window signs. The aggregate sign area of all such window or wall signs for a multi-family building shall not exceed 1% of the facade area of the building facade on which the window or wall sign is affixed.
3.
Real estate signs shall be removed within seven days after the last sale or rental advertised or one year from the issuance of the sign permit, whichever is earlier.
e.
Directory signs shall be prohibited in all residential zones.
f.
Identification/directional signs shall be permitted only in accordance with Subsection 23-12.2c.
g.
Except as provided in Subsection 23-12.2a5, promotional signs shall be prohibited.
h.
Advertising signs shall be prohibited.
i.
Designation signs and permitted business signs may be illuminated only by indirect white light. Any illumination of permitted business signs shall be restricted to the hours of operation of the home occupation identified by the sign. No other signs in the residence zones shall be illuminated.
j.
No moving signs shall be permitted.