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3.21.3 Filing
of Appeal; Effect of Filing
(B) An application for an appeal shall be
filed with the Planning Department. Once the application is complete, the
Planning Department shall schedule the appeal for consideration at a public
hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The Department and the
administrative officer from whom the appeal is taken shall transmit to the
Zoning Board of Adjustment all applications and other records pertaining to
such appeal. The application shall be filed no later than 30 days after the
date of the contested action.
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(E) In determining the penalty or fine, the
Zoning Board of Adjustment shall consider the following:
(1) The
gravity of the violation;
(2) Any
action taken by the violator to correct the violation;
(3) The
cost of the action to correct the violation, and
(4) Any
previous violation committed by the violator, on the same or different site.
9.1.2 Applicability
and Effect
(A) Applicability
A sign
may be erected, placed, established, painted, created or maintained in the Town
only in conformance with the standards, procedures, exemptions and other
requirements of this chapter. Signs exempt from regulation under Section 9.2
shall not otherwise be subject to this chapter.
(B) Effect
The
effect of this chapter, as more specifically set forth herein, is:
(1) To
establish a system to allow a variety of types of signs in commercial and
industrial zones, and a limited variety of signs in other zones, subject to the
standards and the permit procedures of this chapter;
(2) To
allow certain signs that are small, unobtrusive and incidental to the principal
use of the respective lots on which they are located, subject to the
substantive requirements of this chapter, but without a requirement for
permits;
(3) To
provide for temporary signs in limited circumstances;
(4) To
prohibit all signs not expressly permitted by this chapter; and
(5) To
provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
9.3.1 Table
of Permitted Signs
Signs
shall be permitted in accordance with Table 9.3-1, subject also to the
provisions of any Uniform Sign Plan applicable to the site, subject to the
conditions attached to Table 9.3-1 by reference number, and subject to the height
limits shown in Table 9.3-2. The character
in the row for a sign and in the column for a particular group of zoning
districts shall indicate that the sign is allowed in that district without a
permit; the same character followed by the letter S ("S") in the row
for a sign and in the column for a particular group of zoning districts shall
indicate that the sign is allowed in those districts only upon issuance of a
sign permit; and "- -" in any cell indicates that the type of sign
indicated is not allowed in that group of districts under any circumstances; a
number in the "Conditions" column for a particular type of sign shall
refer to the same-numbered "Condition" on the following pages, which
shall apply to that sign in accordance with its terms.
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TABLE 9.3-1: TABLE OF PERMITTED SIGNS |
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Sign Type |
Residential Districts |
Commercial Districts |
Industrial Districts |
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O&I District |
Conditions |
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Ground |
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Agricultural |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
(B) |
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Changeable Copy |
S |
S |
- - |
S |
S |
(E) |
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Directory |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
(G) |
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Incidental |
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(J) |
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Institutional, Religious |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
(K) |
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Menu Board |
- - |
S |
- - |
S |
- - |
(N) |
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Political |
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(O) |
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Principal Ground |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
(P) |
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Real Estate |
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(Q) |
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Real Estate, Off-Premise
Open House |
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(R) |
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Residential |
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- - |
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- - |
(S) |
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Subdivision Identity |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
(T) |
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Yard Sale |
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(Z) |
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Building |
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Awning |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
(C) |
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Building Marker |
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(D) |
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Changeable Copy |
S |
S |
- - |
S |
- - |
(E) |
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Construction/Renovation/Improvement |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
(F) |
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Directory |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
(G) |
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Home Occupation |
- - |
- - |
- - |
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- - |
9.6.2(A) |
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Identification |
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S |
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(I) |
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Incidental |
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(J) |
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Marquee |
- - |
S |
- - |
S |
- - |
(M) |
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Menu Box |
- - |
- - |
- - |
S |
- - |
9.6.4(F)(1) |
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Projecting |
- - |
- - |
- - |
S |
- - |
9.6.4(B) |
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Residential |
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- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
(S) |
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Suspended/Projecting |
- - |
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- - |
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(U) |
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Temporary |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
(V) |
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Verandah |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
(W) |
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Wall |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
(X) |
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Window |
- - |
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- - |
(Y) |
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Other |
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Barber Poles |
- - |
- - |
- - |
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- - |
9.6.4(H)(3) |
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Flags |
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(H) |
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Sandwich Board |
- - |
- - |
- - |
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- - |
9.6.4(F)(2) |
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Umbrellas |
- - |
- - |
- - |
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- - |
9.6.4(H)(2) |
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S |
S |
S |
S |
(A) |
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Mailbox Signs |
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(L) |
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= signs or other devices allowed without a
sign certificate or permit |
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S = signs permitted only
after issuance of a sign permit |
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- - = signs or other
devices not allowed in this district |
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9.4 PROHIBITED SIGNS AND DEVICES
9.4.1 All signs not expressly permitted under
this chapter or exempt from regulation hereunder in accordance with the
previous section are prohibited. Such signs include, but are not limited to:
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(N) Off site signs except as otherwise permitted
in this Ordinance;
10.5.2 Nonconforming
Pole Signs
Signs or signage which meet the definition of a pole sign (including billboards) in this Ordinance are considered to be nonconforming, and shall be removed or replaced with signage which conforms to the requirements of this Ordinance no later than July 1, 2006. Existing lawfully-placed signs associated with a