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Winnsboro City Zoning Code

§ 26

Sign Regulations.

26.1 
Purpose of the Section:
Provisions for signs and identification markers to be placed on parcels or buildings are set forth herein. Standards identify the sign by type, permitted size, and zoning district in which specific type of signs are permitted.
26.2 
Advertising Sign:
1. 
Definition:
A sign which is usually a primary use of land and which promotes and advertises commodities or services not limited to being offered on the premises on which such signs are located.
2. 
Size:
Four hundred (400) square feet and shall not be placed less than 250 feet apart nor nearer than fifty (50) feet to any intersection.
3. 
Districts:
B-1, B-2 and I
26.3 
Agricultural Sign:
1. 
Definition:
An accessory sign identifying the farm or ranch on which it is placed and advertising the produce, crops, animals or poultry raised or quartered thereon.
2. 
Size:
One hundred (100) square feet and shall not be placed less than two hundred (200) feet apart.
3. 
Districts:
A, F, B-1, B-2 and I.
26.4 
Apartment Sign:
1. 
Definition:
A temporary accessory sign identifying the property owner, architect, contractor, engineer, landscape architect, decorator or mortgagee engaged in the design, construction or improvement of the premises on which the sign is located.
2. 
Size:
Sixteen (16) square feet.
3. 
Districts:
A, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3, 2F, SF-A, MF, MH, F, B-1, B-2, I and PD.
26.5 
General Business Sign:
1. 
Definition:
An accessory sign or graphic device which advertises only commodities or service offered on the premises where such signs are located and where such sign is not of the billboard, poster panel or painted bulletin type, but, is a sign designed specifically for the location.
2. 
Size:
No restriction except as hereinafter provided.
3. 
Districts:
R, B-1, B-2 and I.
26.6 
Institutional Sign:
1. 
Definition:
Nameplates and bulletin boards and accessory signs for identity of schools and churches, hospitals and similar public or quasi-public institutions.
2. 
Size:
Sixteen (16) square feet.
3. 
Districts:
A, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3, 2F, SF-A, MF, MH, R, B-1, B-2, I and PD.
26.7 
Nameplate:
1. 
Definition:
An accessory sign showing only the name and address of the owner or occupant of the premises on which it is erected or placed.
2. 
Size:
Twelve (12) square feet for commercial and four (4) square feet for residential properties, one (1) for each platted lot or tract street frontage.
3. 
Districts:
A, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3, 2F, SF-A, MF, MH, F [R], B-1, B-2, I and PD.
(Ordinance 773-2003 adopted 5/13/03; Ordinance 951-2016 adopted 1/12/16)