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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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(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.
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(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.
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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:
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(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;
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(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
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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.
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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
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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 "'