In Residential Districts or residentially-utilized properties, the following restrictions shall apply:

A. Signs greater than six (6) feet in height are prohibited. Height shall be measured from grade to the highest point of the sign structure or sign, whichever is greatest.

B. No sign more than ten (10) square feet in area shall be located or placed within ten (10) feet of a street line.

C. Signs containing commercial messages shall be prohibited except for signs placed in connection with a permitted home occupation, real estate signs, construction/development signs, or signs installed in connection with an application before the Town Board. Zoning Board of Appeals or Planning Board.

D. No sign shall be placed or located so as to interfere with vehicular or pedestrian travel, nor shall a sign be located so as to cause a public hazard or nuisance.

The following types of signs are prohibited in all Districts:,

A. Flashing signs and movable copy signs.

B. Billboard and sandwich signs.

C. Vehicular signs, portable signs and mobile signs.

D. Projecting signs with the exception of a permitted awning sign.

E. Visual image signs.

F. Unless otherwise provided, off-premises advertising signs.

G. Balloon signs, pennants and banner signs unless permitted as a temporary sign.

H. Changeable copy signs, except where the copy can be changed only by hand or is a marquee associated with a theater or hotel.

I. Exposed neon signs where the tubes are affixed or placed on the face of the sign without a covering over the tubes to shield the public from all direct contact with them.

J. Any sign which projects more than eighteen (18) inches over a street line or sidewalk with the exception of a permitted awning sign.

K. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, any sign which is, in whole or in part, obscene or pornographic in nature. For the purpose of this Article, statements, words or pictures which describe or display "specified anatomical areas" or "specified sexual activities" shall be considered obscene or pornographic.

L. Signs on public roadways, highways, streets, rights-of-ways and other public places. except where posted or maintained by a municipality or public utility company for governmental or public purposes.

M. A sign which covers, obstructs or hides from view any governmental sign, public utility company sign or railroad crossing sign or device.

N. A sign mounted, posted, or affixed to a public utility pole; street light; street sign; traffic sign, signal or device; municipal sign, building or structure; hydrant; signs on the face of any other sign; tree; stone or other natural object, except where posted or affixed by a municipality for a governmental or public purpose.

O. Any sign, artificial lighting source or reflector, sign assemblage, brace or other device used or installed in connection with a sign where, in the opinion of the enforcement officer, the sign, lighting source, reflector, assemblage, brace or device impairs or interferes with vehicular or pedestrian travel, or interferes with or may be mistaken for a traffic sign, signal or device.

P. Illuminated signs or lighting devices outlining any part of a building, such as a gable, roof, sidewalk or corner.

Q. Any facial sign painted, erected or affixed so that any portion of the sign extends above the roof of a building.

R. Any sign erected or maintained on a corner lot within the triangular area bounded by the lines connecting the street corner of the lot and a point twenty-five (25) feet from such corner on each of the intersecting street lines, except that one (1) single or double pole freestanding sign may be permitted within such area provided that the bottom of the sign is at least fifteen (15) feet above grade, and in the opinion of the enforcement officer, does not cause a vision obstruction or create a public nuisance or hazard.

S. Signs which have movement of a sign body or other segment, such as those that contain a pinwheel, or rotate, revolve, move up or down, oscillate or involve any other type of action, whether caused by mechanical or other means.

T. Signs which produce any noise, sound, odor, smoke, flame or other emission.

U. Signs or graphics which, in the opinion of the enforcement officer, impair or cause confusion for vehicular or pedestrian travel, by design, color or placement.

V. Signs with a color or colors that are fluorescent, luminescent, reflective or are of the day-glo type, or signs which employ a mirror or other reflective device.

In all commercial and industrial districts, and in commercially-utilized or industrially-utilized properties, the following shall apply. Temporary signs shall not be placed or located so as to interfere with vehicular or pedestrian travel or cause a public hazard or nuisance.

A. Permit application.

(1)A person or business entity seeking a permit to locate or place a temporary sign shall file an application with the Department of Public Safety on forms provided by the Department prior to the special event or use. A non-refundable application fee of fifty ($50) dollars per special event or use shall be due and payable at the time of application.

(2)The maximum number of temporary sign permits to be issued to a single business location shall be one (1) per three-month period. The term of each permit shall not extend beyond ten (10) consecutive days of the date of issuance, except that in the case of a new business enterprise, the term of the permit may extend up to twenty-one (21) consecutive days. The expiration date of the permit shall be shown on the face of the permit. All permits shall expire at midnight of the date stated.

(3)Under a temporary sign permit, a maximum of five (5) signs may be displayed with a maximum total square footage not to exceed ninety (90) square feet, and no single temporary sign shall exceed thirty-two (32) square feet.

(4)Display of permit. A temporary sign permit shall be available at the premises for which it was issued so as to be easily inspected and shall be produced upon request of the enforcement officer. A permit holder who fails to produce a permit or have the permit available at the premises shall be in violation of this section.

(5)All temporary signs must be removed within twenty-four (24) hours after the expiration of the permit. Failure to remove such signs shall be a violation of this section.

(6)Temporary signs may include, but are not limited to, poster boards, banners, pennants, flags, twirlers, streamers, and air-filled figures.

(7)No sign shall be posted or affixed to public property or installed in a public place.

B. Exempt signs. The following signs shall be exempt from the permit requirements, except that no sign shall be posted or affixed to public property or installed in a public place, or be placed so as to interfere with vehicular or pedestrian travel, or in such manner as to cause a public hazard or nuisance.

(1)Real estate signs.

(2)Construction/Development signs. Construction/Development signs shall be posted only after all building permits and other necessary approvals have been issued by the Town or other agency having jurisdiction, and shall be removed immediately upon completion or other termination of the construction or work being conducted by the person or business entity for whose benefit the sign is placed.

(3)Signs installed in connection with an application before the Town Board, Zoning Board of Appeals or Planning Board.

The number and size restrictions of identification signs shall apply to each street frontage in the case of corner lots and through lots with the following exceptions:

A. Where the secondary frontage of a through lot in any business or industrial district faces a residence district.

B. Where the applicant or property owner has installed a freestanding sign in the triangular area as provided and restricted in § 198-93(R).

C. In buildings containing more than one (1) tenant, the additional facial sign allowance shall be limited to only those tenants that actually face the secondary street.

D. No sign located on a secondary frontage shall exceed sixty (60) square feet or fifteen percent (15%) of the area of the secondary frontage of the building, whichever is less. The term "secondary frontage" shall exclude parapet walls or other walls which do not enclose a portion of the building.