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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 1966-11VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH ORDINANCE NO. 66-11 Aa 0"MU nos >tzorlding in as asoulatba of Within the VQ ac Be A11 Ps#o: la** TUaceft THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH DO HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1 Drdinitkmc The following terms are hereby defined for the purposes of this Ordinance: 1.01 "Directional Signa" — A sign which in any manner indicates the direction or location of the building or object to which it refers. 1.02 "Identification Sign' --A sign which in any manner identifies the nature of the building or object to which it refers. 1.03 "Outdoor Advertising Sign"—Any card, cloth, paper, metal, painted, glass, wooden, plaster, stone or otherwise of any kind or character whatsoever placed for outdoor advertising purposes on the ground or on any tree, wall, bush, rock, post, fence, building, structure, or thing whatsoever. The term "placed" as used in the definitions of "outdoor adver- tising sign" shall include erecting, constructing, posting, painting, printing, tacking, nailing, gluing, sticking, carving, or otherwise fastening, affixing or making visible in any manner whatsoever. 1.04 "Outdoor Advertising Structure" ---Any structure of any kind or character erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes upon which any outdoor advertising sign may be placed including also outdoor advertising statuary. I.05 "Planned Industrial District" --One which is located near or contiguous to existing or proposed residential districts, is designed to encourage industrial development compatible with residential districts, is generally limited to advertising, wholesaling, manufacturing, and related uses that may be conducted in unobtrusive manners, is designed with a genal scheme, provides suitable open space, landscaping, andpark- us areas, and must allbbab a high standard of appearance in external effects. 1.08 "Shopping Center— Re6lonal" —A planned business center with a unified arrangement of buildings and service facilities designed to serve a large trade area containing 100,000 to 200,000 persons and utilizing a total land area of not less than forty (40) acres. 1.07 "Shopping Center--Community"—A planned business center with a unified arrangement of business and service facilities designed to serve a trade area containing 20,000 to 100,000 persons and utilizing a total land area of not less than fifteen (15) acts. 1.08 "Shopping Center—Neighboehood"-- A planned business tes- ter with a unified arrangement of buildings and service facili- ties designed to serve a limited trade area containing 5,000 to 20,000 persona and utilizing a Natal had area of not len than five (5) acres. 1.09 "Sign"—A name, identification, description, display, inustra- tion or device which is affixed to or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure or land in view of the general public and which directs attention to a product, place, a,,,tivity, person, institution, or business. 1.10 "Sign—Advertising" -A sign- which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, activity, or entertainment not necessarily conducted, sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is located. 1.11 "Sign—Buainem"--A sign which directs attention to a business or profession or to a commodity, service or entertainnnnt sold or offered upon the premises where such a sign is located. 1.12 "Sign — Flashing"— Any illuminated sign on which such illumination is not kept stationary or constant in intensity and color at all times when such sign is in use. 1.13 "Sign—Illuminated"--Any sign which has charaeters, letters, figures, designs or outlines illuminated by electric lights or luminous tubes as a part of the sign. 1.14 "Sian ---Name Plate" --Any sign which states the name or address or both of the business or occupant of the lot where the sign is placed. 1.15 "Sign--Pylon"—A free-standing sign erected upon a single 1.16 1.17 pylon or post which is in exem of ten (10) feet in height with a signmountedan top tba wL "S4n- HOtsting"--�A sign which revolves or rotates on its axis by mechanical means. "Sig"urface Area of" --The entire area within a single, continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of the actual sign surface. It does not include any structural ele- ments outside the limits of such sign and not forming an integral part of the display. Only me side of a double -face or V -type sign structure shall be used in computing total surface area. Section 2 All signs hereafter erected or maintained except official traffic and street signs shall conform with the provisions of this ordinance and all other ordinances and regul ti+ons of the 'Village. Section 3 Sigas in Aasiddntid Di:hicts. 3.01 In all residential districts, no sign, business sign, name plate sign, or advertising sign shall be erected except as follows: (1) A name plate sign, or professional name plate sign, identifying the owner or occupant of a building or dwelling unit provided the surface area does not exceed two (2) square feet. (This sign may be placed in any front yard, but in no case may it be placed in any aide yard.) Such sign may be illuminated. (2) Temporary signs may be used advertising a new sub- division development; each subdivision or development shall be allowed the following signs: (a) One sign not to exceed ninety-six (96) square feet in surface area, no more than fifteen (15) feet in height or less than two (2) feet above ground located within .he subdivision development. (b) One sign not to exceed twelve (12) square feet in surface area, no more than fifteen (15) feet in height or less than two (2) feet above the ground. (c) Directional signs not to emmed two (2) square feet in surface area provided that each division shall be limited to one such sign Per major f wougMsre approach to the subdivision or devet. No such sign shall be allowed on a mi=w reeklential street. (3) One identification sign, not to exceed thirty (30) square feet in area, for the following uses: church, whiol, hos- pital, sanitarium, club, library, or similar uses. Such signs shall be solely for the purpose of displaying the name of the institution and its activities or services. It may be illuminated but only by constant lighting; no flashing illumination is permitted. (4) Directional signs not to exceed two (2) square feet in surface area for the following uses: church, school, hos- pital, sanitarium, club, library or similar use provided that each shall be limited to one such sign per major thoroughfare approach. No such sign shall be allowed on minor residential streets. (5) One (1) name plate sign for a dwelling group of five (5) or more units not exceeding five (5) square feet in surface area. Such signs may indicate the names and addresses of the building or it may be a directory for occupants. (6) Direetionai signs in any parking area necessary for the orderly movement of traffic, provided that such sign shall not be used as advertising vmm and shall not be Illuminated unless illumination is r uential to the orderly Raw of traffic. Section 4 Signs in Cowa ssedal Db aric bs. 4.01 In commercial districts, business signs and name plate signs are permitted subject to the following regulations: (1) Signs as permitted and regulated in Residence Districts. (2) One identification sign, not to exceed thirty (30) square feet in area for private educational institutions, commu- nity centers, rest homes, nursing homes, and medical and dental offices. It may be illuminated but non -flashing. (3) A business sign for business and professional office buildings not exceeding in surface area thirty (30) square meet or five (5) percent of the wall area upon which it is placed, whichever is greater, indicating only the name and address of the building, occupant, or man- agement may be displayed For corner lots, two such sib ane facing each starve, shall be permitted (4) Buarianwns signs for cottditSgnstl wen sha>3 be iia�ited to On�e.'pylun shin, tbirty"live (35) square feet in surface am or one sigh fifty (50) squarefeet in surface area or dive (5) percent of the wail area upon which it is placed whichever is greater, if attached to the building. (5) Shopping centers shrill be permitted pylon or ground Identification signs as follows: (a) Neighborhood slopping centers shall be permitted such signs not to exceed eighty (80) square feet in surface area, thirty-five (35) feet in height, and located on the shopping tenter property provided that each such center shall be limited to one such sigh per major thoroughfare approach to the center. Such signs may be illuminated. (b) Conuatmity shopping centers shall be permitted such signs not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) square feet in surface area, thirty-five (35) feet in height, and located on the shopping center property provided that each such center shall be limited to one such sign per major thoroughfare approach to the center. Such signs may be illuminated. (c) Regional shopping centers shall be permitted such rigns not to exceed two hundred (200) square feet each in surface area, thirty-five (35) feet in height, and located on the shopping center property pro- vided that each such center shall be limited to one such sign per major thoroughfare approach to the center. Such signs may be illuminated. (d) Advertising signs (billboards) shall not be erected within a developed integrated shopping center (4) 8iudnew sins for all Commercial Districts except busi nese and professional buildings shall be subject to the foilawhW regulations: (a) Such signs shall be limited to Qat wall signs which shalt not extend more than eighteen (18) inches $roan the (ace of the building, except that a sign may be placed on the roof of a covered walk or marque in a building complex providing it doss not extend above the roof or parapet line of said build- ing. Such business signs .:hall not exceed one hun. dred (100) square feet in surface area or 20% of the building lacing, whichever is greater, nor stall two (2) or more smaller signs be so arranged and integrated as to create a surface area in excess of these requirements. Such signs may be illuminated (b) The total surface area of all business signs on a lot shall not exceed the sum of two (2) square feet per lineal foot of lot frontage, or ten (10) percent of the building facing area, or seventy-five (75) quare feet its area, whichever is greater, nor shall two (2) or more smaller signs be so arranged and integrated as to create a surface area in excess of these limita- tions. In the ease of corner lots, the least width of a cornet lot shall be the trout for purposes of this ordinance. (c) Advertising sign structures shall be limited to not mote than one for a lot of two hundred (200) foot frontage or lea and to only one per each additional two hundred (200) feet of lot frontage, and in to case may such sign be so placed so as to be closer than two hundred (200) feet to any other such advertising sign. Such structure may not contain more than two (2) signs per facing nor exceed fifty-five (55) feet in total length. No advertising sign may be erected within one hundred (100) feet of an adjoining residential distric4, and such signs are subject to Section 4.01(5) (d) herein. Section 3 Signs in ladus*" Districts. 5.01 In all industrial districts with the exception of planned industrial districts as hereinafter provided, business signs, name plate signs, and advertising signs are permitted subject to the following regulations: (1) The total surface area of all business signs on a lot shall a /> not exc ee ,three square meat for each lineal foot of lot frontage or 20% of the bulMing facnig area, or 300 squm* feetin arcs, whitdww is greaten nor shall two or more smaller sites be so arranged anis integrated as to create a surface area in excess of these limits. In the can of corner lots, the least width of such corner lot shall be the front for purposes of this ordinance. (2) Advertising signs shall be permitted as regulated in Section d, Signs in Commercial Districts. (3) Within planned industrial districts, business signs and name plate signs are permitted subject to the following regulations: (a) The total surface area of all business signs on a lot shall not exceed the sum of two square feet per lineal foot of frontage or 10% of the building facing area, or 100 square feet in area, whichever is greater, nor shall two or more smaller signs be so arranged and integrated as to create a surface area in excess of these limitations. In the case of corner lots, the least width of a corner lot shall be the front for the purposes of this ordinance, (b) Each planned industrial district shall be permitted one pylon sign not over 35 square feet in surface area. No part of such sign shall be closer than 30 feet from a street right-of-way. (c) Directional signs of a maximum height of eight feet and two square feet or less in area; provided that each planned industrial district shall be limited to one such sign per major thoroughfare approach. (d) Advertising signs (billboards) and other outdoor advertising signs shall not be permitted for use in a planned industrial district. (e) No sign shall project above the permitted building height in a planned industrial district. Section B it Wns In Open Danlopwo" DIxft% & 6.01 In the open development district of the Village, as established in the zoning ordinance, no new .signs shall be erected on any premises except: (1) Signs less than twenty-four square feet in area and dis- playing the name only of the property or premises upon which displayed or of the owner or lessee thereof; or pertaining only to the sale, rental or lease of such pry. (2) Street and traffic signs and signs on municipal buildings. (3) The following signs upon the securing of a permit, if required herein, for each such sign: (a) Signs advertising the sale of a subdivision or of lots therein and located thereon. (b) Directional and informational signs of a public or quasi-public nature, including signs serving as direc- tional signs to properties not situated adjacent to the street upon which such signs are located. (e) Signs and bulletin boards of the Village of Plymouth, churches, libraries, museums, schools, or memorial buildings. (d) Signs which are located not less than 200 feet from any dwelling, other than a dwelling owned by the person who also owns the land upon which the sign is located, If any sign is now or hereafter erected or placed in accordance with the terms of this para- graph, and thereafter a dwelling other than a dwell- ing owned by the person who also owns the land upon which the sign is located is erected or acquir ed at a place which is less than 200 feet from said sign, such sign shall, within one year after notice of such fact by the clerk of this Village to the owner thereof or to the owner of the land on which the sign is located, be removed. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the council shall have the power to grant a permit for any sign now or hereafter located within 200 feet of any dwelling if the grant- ing of such permit would not unreasonably contra- vene the purposes of this ordinance and the zoning ordinance of the Village. Any permit granted by the council pursuant to the provisions of the preceding serttenee shall be subject to revocation by the coun- tZ, y�; -91 cit upon written notice to the owner thereof, or the owner of the land upon which the sign is located. Within three months after such notice of revocation of such permit, such sign shall be removed. If any sign is not removed within the time specified in any notice which provided for a hearing, the Village may remove such sign and collect the cost of removal from the owner of the land on which such sign is located, or from the owner of the sign, by action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction. (e) Signs located on a tract or parcel of land on which there is conducted a business permitted by the zon- ing ordinance, if such sign advertises the business conducted or product sold on such tract or parcel of land. Section 7 Cvmora l Provisions. The following regulations shall apply to all signs hereafter permitted in ail districts: 7.01 Signs shall not be permitted within the public right of way or easements except that the Village Council may, after a report from the Planning Commission, grant a conditional use permit for a period not to exceed one year to allow advertising or newspaper sale stands and special permits for temporary signs and decorations to be strung across the right of way. 7.02 aminated signs giving off intermittent or rotating beams jY I permitted in any distri-t. 7.03 Signs painted wn a building shall be governed by the square footage limitations specified in the appropriate zoning dis- tricts. These shall be repainted when required, to be kept in good condition, and shall be repainted, removed or painted out when in the opinion of the Village Council they are not so maintained. 7.04 No sigh except name plate signs hanging under canopies which may not exceed four (4) square feet in surface area, shall project more than twenty-four (24) inches over a public sidewalk. 7,05 Except for ground advertising signs to be primarily viewed from Interstate highways, no sign shall project higher than twenty-four (24) feet above the grade at the place where the sign is located, if freestanding, or six (6) feet above the height of a building, if attached to the building. 7.06 No sign, except name plate signs and directional signs as allowed, shall project more than twenty-four (24) inches across a required front yard or a required side yard unless otherwise set forth in this ordinance. 7.07 No sign shall be placed that resembles any official marker erected by a governmental agency or displays such words as "stop„ or "danger" except that in shopping centers or other traffic control, signs may be used where approved by the Village Engineer. 7.06 No sign shall be permitted to obstruct any window, door, fire escape, stairway or opening intended to provide light air, ingress or egress for any building or structure. 7.09 No ground aevertising sign to be primarily viewed from an Interstate Highway shall be erected within five hundred (500) feet of any other such sign located on the same lot, tract or parcel of land located adjacent to such Interstate Highway. In addition such signs shall comply with all other use, setback and sign area regulations in effect for the respective zoning districts. 7.10 Political signs may be permitted for a period of not more than thirty (30) days before and ten (10) days after an election. 7.11 The owner, lessee, or manager of said ground sign, and the owner of the land on which the same is located, shall keep grass or weeds and other growth cut and debris and rubbish cleaned up and removed from the lot on which the sign is located.. 7.12 Advertising signs, business signs and name plate signs which naay be or may hereafter become rotted, unsafe, or unsightly shall be repaired or removed by the licensee, owner, or owner of the property upon which the sign stands, upon notice of the Village Council or Village Police Officer. 7.13 Where a sign is illuminated the source of light shall not be directed upon any part of a residence or into any of the -91 residential districts. Such AU mbattion must be indirect or diffused. 7.14 A temporary unilluminated sign pertaining to the lease or sale of a building or property may be located in any use district providing such signs are not closer than ten (10) feet to any property lines and do not exceed twelve (12) square feet in surface area and then ten (10) feet above grade if located in residential use districts and thirty-two (32) square feet in surface and. ten (10) feet above grade if located in other use districts, 7.15 A temporary unilluminated sign identifying an engineer, architect, contractor, or product engaged in or used in the construction of a new building may be located in any use district, provided such sign shall not exceed twelve (12) square feet in surface area and ten (10) feet above grade if located in a residential use district, and thirty-two (32) square feet in surface area and ten (10) feet above grade if located in other use districts and is located no closer than ten (10) feet to any property line. 7.18 Unilluminated direction signs not to exceed four (4) square feet in surface area and ten (10) feet above grade for the following uses: chv.rch, school, hospital, sanitarium, club, library or similar use may be located in any use district provided that each shall be limited to one such sign per major thoroughfare approach. No such sign shall be allowed on minor residential streets. 7.17 Directional signs or parking lot identification signs in any parking area necessary for the orderly movement of traffic may be located in any use district provided that such sign shall not exceed fifteen (15) square feet and shall not be used as advertising space. Such signs may be illuminated. 7.18 No sign may be erected that, by reason of position, shape or color would interfere with the proper functioning of a traffic sign orsignal. 7.19 Banners and stringers may be used for grand openings only and they shall be limited to a period of not to exceed thirty (30) days for such occasion& j 7.20 Temporary signs in any required setback area may be used for grand openings only and they shall be limited to a period of not to exceed thirty (30) days for such occasions. There shall be no more than three (3) such signs on any parcel, and the total sign area shall not exceed thirty (30) square feet. 7.21 The construction of all signs permitted by this ordinance shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Uni- form Sign Code published by the International Conference of Building Officials, 1964 Edition, which has been adopted as part of the building code of the Village of Plymouth. Section 8 Pe=rm! Fem &01 When this ordinance becomes effective, the owner or other person having control of any sign except residential, profes- sional and institutional name plate signs, or signs provided under Section 3.14, not exceeding two (2) square feet in surface area, shall file an application with the Building Inspector for a permit for the maintenance and annual inspection of such sign. Application for such permits shall be accompanied by detailed plans and such other necessary information to determine the location and compliance with all applicable regulations and ordinances. If no variances from the provisions of this or any other ordinance are required, the Building Inspector shall issue the permit upon the payment of the required permit fee. In the event any such variances are necessary, such application shall be referred to the Village CounciL 8.02 The permit and annual inspection fee for all advertising signs shall be $15.00 and all permits shall expire on December 31st of each year. 8.03 The initial permit fee for all business and identification signs shall be $15.00. There shall be no annual inspection fee for such signs. 8.04 Every sign which requires a permit shall have displayed thereon a strip showing the name of the permit holder and the number of the permit granted for such sign, with letters of two (2) inch minimum height with a three-eighths (36) inch st vim Section 9 llapaal d Ordinance& 9.01 Chapter 61 of the Ordinances of the Village of Plymouth adopted January 3, 1956, regulating and providing for the licensing of outdoor advertising signs, as amended, is hereby repealed in full. 9.02 Those provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Plymouth, being Ordinance No. 2, adopted November 17, 1949, relating to and dealing with signs of any kind or nature, is hereby repealed. 9.03 Section 3.11 of Ordinance No. 62.20, regulating and licensing gasoline and oil service stations shall continue to be appli- cable to such gasoline and oil service stations with respect to the type and location of ground display signs. Section 10 PawaUW& A violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $100.00, or imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days. Section 11 Faeeliive Dab. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage and publication. Adopted by the Village Couneil this 16 day of May, 1966. L. M. Staples Jr., Mayor, A1T1rST: Paul S Hoog, Clerk-Administrator (W 5/26!66) VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH ORDINANCE NO. 66-// AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF SIGNS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH AND REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES RELATING THERETO THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH DO HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1 Definitions. The following terms are hereby defined for Me purposes of this Ordinance: 1.01 "Directional Signs" - A sign which in any manner indicates the direction or location of the building or object to which it refers. 1.02 "Identification Sign" - A sign which in any manner identifies the nature of the building or object to which it refers. 1.03 "Outdoor Advertising Sign" - Any card, cloth, paper, metal, painted, glass, wooden, plaster, stone or otherwise of any kind or character whatsoever placed for outdoor advertising purposes on the ground or on any tree, wall, bush, rock, post, fence, building, structure, or thing whatsoever. The term "placed" as used in the definitions of "outdoor advertising sign" shall include erecting, constructing, posting, painting, printing, tacking, nailing, gluing, stick- ing, carving or otherwise fastening, affixing or making visible in any manner whatsoever. 1.04 "Outdoor Advertising Structure" - Any structure of any kind or character erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes upon which any outdoor advertising sign may be placed including also outdoor advertising statuary. 1.05 "planned Industrial District" - One which is located near or contiguious to existing or proposed residential districts, is designed to encourage industrial development compatible with residential districts, Is generally limited to advertising, wholesaling, manufacturing, and related uses that may be conducted In unobtrusive manners, is designed with a general scheme, provides suitable open space, landscaping, and parking areas, and must establish a high standard of appearance in external effects. 1.06 "Shopping Center - Regional" - A planned business center with a unified arrangement of buildings and service facilities designed to serve a large trade area containing 100,000 to 200,000 persons and utilizing a total land area of not less than forty (40) acres. -1- 1.07 "Shopping Center -• Community" - A planned business center with a uni.£:�ed arrangement of business and service facilities designed to serve a trade area containing 20,000 to 100j000 persons and utilizing a total land area, of not less than fifteen (15) acres. 1.08 "Shopping Center - Neighborhood" - A planned business center with a unified arrangement of buildings and service facilities designed to serve a limited trade area containing 5,000 to 20,000 persons and utilizing a total land area of not less than five (5) acres. 1.09 "Sign" - A name, identification, description, display, illustration or device which is affixed to or repre- sented directly or indirbctiy upon a building, structure or land in view of the general public and which directs attention to a product, place, activity, person, institution, or business. 1.10 "Sign - Advertising" - A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, activity, or entertainment not necessarily conducted, sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is located. 1.11 "Sign - Business" - A sign which directs attention to a business or profession or to a commodity, service or entertainment sold or offered upon the premises where such a sign is located. 1.12 "Sign - Flashing" - Any illuminated sign on which such illumination is not kept stationary or con- stant in intensity and color at all times when such sign is in use. 1.13 "Sign - Illuminated" - Any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs or outlines illuminated by electric lights or luminous tubes as a part of the sign. 1.14 "Sign - Name Plate" - Any sign which states the name or address or both of the business or occupant of the lot where the sign is placed, 1.15 "Sign - Pylon" - A free-standing sign erected upon a single pylon or post which is in excess of ten (10) feet in height with a sign mounted on top thereof. 1.18 "Sign - Rotating" - A sign which revolves or rotates on its axis by mechanical means. 1.17 "Sign - Surface Area of" - The entire area within a single, continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of the actual sign surface. It does not include any structural elements outside the limits of such sign and not forming an integral part of the display. Only one side of a double -face or V -type sign structure shall be used in computing total surface area. -2- Section 2 All signs hereafter erected or maintained oxnapt official traffic and street signs shall conform with the pro- visions of this ordinPnce and all other ordinances and regulations of the Village. Section 3 Signs in Residential Districts. 3.01 In all residential districts, no sign, businsss sign, name plate sign, or advertising sign shall be erected except as follows: (1) A name plate sign, or professional name plate sign, identifying the owner or occupant of a building or dwelling unit provided the surface) area does not exceed two (2) square feet. (This sign may be placed in any front yard, but in no case may it be placed in any side yard.) Such sign may be illuminated. (2) Temporary signs may be used advertising a new subdivision development; each subdivision or development shall be allowed the following signs: (a) One sign not to exceed ninety-six (96) square feet in surface area, no more than fifteen (18) feet in height or less than two (2) feet above ground located within the subdivision developmedt. (b) One sign not to exceed twelve (12) square feet in surface area, no more than fifteen (15) feet in height or lose than two (2) feet above the ground. (c) Directional signs not to exceed two (2) square feet in surface area provided that each subdivision shall be limited to one such sign per major thoroughfare approach to the subdivision or development. No such sign shall be allowed on a minor residential street. (3) One identification sign, not to exceed thirty (30) square feet in area, for the following uses: church, school, hospital, sanitarium, club, library, or similar uses. Such signs shall be solely for the purpose of displaying the name of the institution and its activities or services. It may be illuminated but only by constant lighting; no flashing illumination is permitted. (4) Directional signs not to exceed two (2) square feet in surface area for the following Leges: church, school, hospital, sanitarium., club, library or similar use provided that each shall be limited to one such sign per major thorough- fare approach. No such sign shall be allowed on minor residential streets. w (5) One (1) name plate Cign for a dwelling grnun of five (5) or more units not exceeding five (5) square feet in surface area. Such signs may indicate the names and addresses of the building or it may be a directory for occupants. (6) Directional signs in any parking area necessary for the orderly movement of traffic, provided that such sign shall not be used as advertising space and shall not be illuminated unless illumination is essential to the orderly flow of traffic. Section 4 Signs in Commercial Districts. 4.01 In commercial districts, business signs and name plate signs are permitted subject to the following regulations: (1) Signs as permitted and regulated in Residence Districts. (2) One identification sign, not to exceed thirty (30) square feet in area for private educational institutions, community centers, rest homes, nursing homes, and medical and dental offices. It may be illuminated but non -flashing. (3) A business sign for business and professional office buildings not exceeding in surface area thirty (30) square feet or five (5) percent of the wall area upon which it is placed, whichever is greater, indicating only the name and address of the building, occupant, or management may be displayed. For corner lots, two such signs, one facing each street, shall be permitted. (4) Business signs for conditional uses shall be limited to one pylon sign, thirty, -five (35) square feet in surface area or one sign fifty (50) square feet in surface area or five (5) percent of the wall area upon which it is placed whichever is greater, if attached to the building. (5) Shopping centers shall be permitted pylon or ground identification signs as follows: (a) Neighborhood shopping centers shall be permitted such signs not to exceed eighty (80) square feet in surface area, thirty- five (35) feet in height, and located on the shopping center property provided that each such center shall be limited to one such sign per major thoroughfare approach to the center. Such signs may be illuminated. (b) Community shopping centers shall be permitted such signs not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) square feet in surface area, thirty- five (35) feet in height, and located on the shopping center property provided that each such center shall be limited to one such sign per major thoroughfare approach to the center. Such signs may be illuminated. -4- (c) Regional shopping centers shall be ':ermitted such signs not to exceed two hundred ;P00) square feet each in surface area, thirty- five (35) feet in height, and locate,. on the shopping center property provided that each such center shall be limited to one such sign per major thoroughfare approach to the center. Such signs may be illuminated. (d) Advertising signs (billboards) shall not be erected within a developed integrated shopping center property. (6) Business signs for all Commercial Districts except business and professional buildings shall be subject to the following regulations: (a) Such signs shall be limited to flat wall signs which shall not extend more than eighteen (18) inches from the face of the building, except that a sign may be placed on the roof of a covered walk or marque in a building complex providing it does not extend above the roof or parapet line of said building. Such business signs shall not exceed one hundred (100) square feet in surface area or 20% of the building facing, whichever is greater, nor shall two (2) or more smaller signs be so arranged and integrated as to create a surface area in excess of these require- ments. Such signs may be illuminated. (b) The total surface area of all business signs on a lot shall not exceed the sum of two (2) sgtare feet per lineal foot of lot frontage, or ten (10) percent of the building facing area, or seventy-five (75) square feet in area, whichever is greater, nor shall two (2) or more smaller signs be so arranged and integrated as to create a surface area in excess of these limitations. In the case of corner lots, the least width of a corner lot shall be the front for purposes of this ordinance. (c) Advertising sign structures shall be limited to not more than one for a lot of two hundred (200) foot frontage or less and to only one per each additional two hundred (200) feet of lot frontage, and in no case may such sign be so placed so as to be closer tLan two hundred (200) feet to my other such advertising sign. Such structure may not contain more than two (2) signs per facing nor exceed fifty-five (55) feet in total length. Fn advertising sign may be erected within one hundred (100) feet of an adjoining residential district, and such signs mrs subject to Section 4.01(5)(d) herein. -5- Section 5 Signs in Industrial Dis:.ricts. 5.01 In all industrial districts with the exception of planned industrial districts as hereinafter provided, business signs, name plate signs, and advertising signs are permitted subject to the following regula- tions: (1) The total surface area of all business signs on a lot shall not exceed three square feet for each lineal foot of lot frontage or 20% of the building facing area, or 300 square feet in area, whichever is greater, nor shall two or more smaller signs be so arranged and Integrated as to create a surface area in excess of these limits. In the case of corner lots, the least width of such corner lot shall be the front for purposes of this ordinance. (2) Advertising signs shall be permitted as regu- lated in Section 4, Signs in Commercial Districts. (3) Within planned industrial districts, business signs and name plate signs are permitted subject to the following regulations: (a) The total surface area of all business signs on a lot shall not exceed the sum of two square feet per lineal foot of frontage or 10% of the building facing area, or 100 square feet in area, which- ever is greater, nor shall two or more smaller signs be so arranged and integrated as tc -reate a surface area in excess of these `imitations. In the case of corner lots, the least width of a corner lot shall be the front for the purposes of this ordinance. (b) Each planned 1rdustrial district shall be permitted one p„-lon sign not over 35 square feet in surface area. No part of such sign shall be closer than 30 feet from a street right-of-way. (c) Directional signs of a maximum height of eight feet and two square feet or less in area; provided that each planned industrial district shall be limited to one such sign per major thoroughfare approach. (d) Advertising signs (billboards) and other outdoor advertising signs shall not be permitted for use in a planned industrial district. (e) No sign shall project above the permitted building height in a planned industrial district. Section 6 Signs in Open Development Districts. 6.01 In the open development district of the Village, as established in the zoning ordinance, no new signs shall be erected on any premises except: -6- (1) Signs less than twenty-four square feet in area and displaying the name only of the property or premises upon which displayed or of the owner or Lessee thereof; or pertaining only to the sale, rental or lease of such premises. (2) Street and traffic signs and signs on municipal buildings. (3) The following signs upon the securing of a permit, if required herein, for each such sign: (a) Signs advertising the sale of a subdivision or of lots therein and located thereon. (b) Directional and informational signs of a public or quasi -public nature, including signs serving as directional signs to properties not situated adjacent to the street upon which such signs are located. (c) Signs and bulletin boards of the Village of Plymouth, churches, libraries, museums, schools, or memorial buildings. (d) Signs which are located not less than 200 feet from any dwelling, other than a dwelling owned by the person who also owns the land upon which the sign is located. If any sign is now or hereafter erected or placed in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, and thereafter a dwelling other than a dwelling owned by the person who also owns the land upon which the sign is located is erected or acquired at a place which is less than 200 feet from said sign, such sign shall, within one year after notice of such fact by the clerk of this Village to the owner thereof or to the owner of the land on which the sign is located, be removed. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the council shall have the power to grant a permit for any sign now or hereafter located within 200 feet of any dwelling if the granting of such peruit would not unreasonably contravene the purposes of this ordinance and the zoning ordinance of the Village. Any per►dit granted by the council pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sentence shall be subject to revocation by the council upon written notice to the owner thereof, or the owner of the land upon which the sign is located. Within three months after such notice of revocation of such permit, such sign shall be removed. If any sign is not removed within the time specified in any notice which provided for a hearing, the Village may remove such sign and collect the cost of removal from the owner of the land on which such sign is located, or from the owner of the sJgn, by action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction; -7- (e) Signs located on a tract or parcel of land on which there is conducted a business per- mitted by the zoning ordinance, if such sign advertises the business conducted or product sold on such tract or parcel of land. Section 7 General Provisions. The following regulaticas shall appy to a12 s gns hereafter permitted in all districts: 7.01 Signs shall not be permitted within the public right of way or easements except that the Village Council may, after a report from the Planning Commission, grant a conditional use permit for a period not to exceed one year to allow advertising or newspaper sale stands and special permits for temporary signs and decorations to be strung across the right of way. 7.02 Illuminated signs giving off intermittent or rotating beams shall not be permitted in any district. 7.03 Signs painted on a building shall be governed by the square footage limitations specified in the appropriate zoning districts. These shall be repainted when required, to be kept in good condition, and shall be repainted, removed or painted out when in the opinion of the Village Council they are not so maintained. 7.04 No sign except name plate signs hanging under canopies which may not exceed four (4) square feet in surface area, shall project more than twenty-four (24) inches over a public sidewalk. 7.05 Except for ground advertising signs to be primarily viewed from Interstate Highways, no sign shall project higher than twenty-four (24) feet above the grade at the place where the sign is located, if free- standing, or six (6) feet above the height of a building, if attached to the building. 7.06 No sign, except name plate signs and directional signs as allowed, shall project more than twenty-four (24) inches across a required front yard or a required side yard unless otherwise set forth in this ordinance. 7.07 No sign shall be placed that resembles any official marker erected by a governmental agency or displays such words as "stop" or "danger" except that in shopping centers or other traffic control, signs may be used where approved by the Village Engineer. 7.08 No sign shall be permitted to obstruct any window, door, fire escape, stairway or opening intended to provide light, air, ingress or egress for any build- ing or structure. 7.09 No ground advertising sign to be primarily viewed from an Interstate Highway shall be erected within five hundred (500) feet of any other such sig-= located on the same lot, tract or parcel of land loc^.tied 5115 adjacent to such Interstate Highway. in addition such signs shall comply with all other use, setback and sign area regulations in effect for the respective zoning districts. 7.10 political signs may be permitted for a period of not more than thirty (30) days before and ten (10) days after an election. 7.11 The owner, lessee, or manager of said ground sign, and the owner of the land on which the same is located, shall keep grass or weeds and other growth cut and debris and rubbish cleaned up and removed from the lot on which the sign is located. 7.12 Advertising signs, business signs and name plate signs which may be or may hereafter become rotted, unsafe, or unsightly shall be repaired or removed by the licensee, owner, or owner of the property upon which the sign stands, upon notice of the Village Council or Village police Officer. 7.13 Where a sign is illuminated the source of light shall not be directed upon any part of a residence or into any of the residential district:. Such illumination must be indirect or diffused. 7.14 A temporary unilluminated sign pertaining to the lease or sale of a building or property may be located in any use district providing such signs are not closer than ten (10) feet to any property lines and do not exceed twelve (12) square feet in surface area and then (10) feet above grade if located in residential use districts and thirty-two (32) square feet in surface and ten (10) feet above grade if located in other use districts. 7.15 P temporary unilluminated sign identifying an engineer, architect, contractor, or product engaged in or used in the consturction of a new building may be located in any use district, provided such sign shall not exceed twelve (12) square feet in surface area and ten (10) feet above grade if located in a residential use district, and thirty-two (32) square feet in surface area and ten (10) feet above grade if located in other use districts and is located no closer than ten (10) feet to any property line. 7.16 Unilluminated directional signs not to exceed four (4) square feet in surface area and ten (10) feet above grade for the following uses; church, school, hospital, sanitarium, club, library or similar use may be located in any use district provided that each shall be limited to one such sign per major thoroughfare approach. No such sign shall be allowed on minor residential streets. -9- 7.17 Directional signs or parking lot identification signs in any parking area necessary for the orderly move- ment of traffic may be located in any use district pro- vided that such sign shall not exceed fifteen (15) square feet and shall not be used as advertising space. Such signs may be illuminated. 7.18 No sign may be erected that, by reason of position, shape or color would interfere with the proper function- ing of a traffic sign or signal. 7.19 Banners and stringers may be used for grand openings only and they shall be limited to a period of not to exceed thirty (30) days for such occasions. 7.20 Temporary signs in any required setback area may be used for grand openings only and they shall be limited to a period of not to exceed thirty (30) days for such occasions. There shall be no more than three (3) such signs on any parcel, and the total sign area shall not exceed thirty (30) square feet. 7.21 The construction of all signs permitted by this ordinance shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Sign Code published by the International Con- ference of Building Officials, 1964 Edition, which has been adopted as part of the building code of the Village of Plymouth. Section 8 Permit Fees. 8.01 when this ordinance becon.Ts effective, the owner or other person having control 4 any sign except residential, professional and institutional name plate signs, or signs provided Lader Section 5.14, not exceeding two (2) square feet in surface area, shall file an application with the Building Inspector for a permit for the maintenance and annual inspection of such sign. Application for such permits shall be accompanied by detailed plans and such ather necessary Information to determine the locatior and compliance with all applicable regulations and )rdinances. If no variances from the provisions of this or any other ordinance are required, the Building Inspector shall . issue the permit upon the payment of the required permit fee. In the event any such variances are necessary, such application shall be referred to the Village Council. 8.02 The permit and annual inspection fee for all advertising signs shall be $15.00 and all permits shall expire on December 31st of each year. 8.03 The initial permit fee for all business and identifi- cation signs shall be $15.00. There shall be no annual inspection fee for such signs. 8.04 Every sign which requires a permit shall have displayed thereon a strip showing the name of the permit holder and the number of the permit granted for such sign, with letters of two (2) inch minimum height with a three- eighths (3/8) inch stroke. Section 9 Repeal of Ordinances. 9.01 Chapter 61 of the Ordinances of the Village of Plymouth adopted January 3, 1956, regulating and providing for the licensing of outdoor advertising signs, as amended, Is hereby repealed in full, 9.02 Those provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Plymouth, being Ordinance No. 2, adopted November 17, 1949, relating to and dealing with signs of any kind or nature, is hereby repealed. 9.03 Section 3.11 of Ordinance No. 62-20 regulating and licensinggasoline and oil service stations shall continue to be applicable to such gasoline and oil service stations With respect to the type and location of ground display signs. Section 10 Penalties. A violation of any of the provisions of this finance shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine.not to exceed $100.00, or imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days. Section 11 Effective Tate. This ordinance shall be effective upon Ifs,passage ana publication. Adopted by the Village Council this day of 1966. /Mayor "'