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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

1. SIZE

A TOTAL SIGN AREA OF TWO (2) SQUARE FEET FOR EACH
LINEAL FOOT OF BUILDING FRONTAGE SHALL BE ALLOWED. IF
THE BUILDING HAS MULTIPLE FRONTAGE, AN ADDITIONAL SIGN
AREA OF ONE (1) SQUARE FOOT FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LINEAL
FOOT OF BUILDING FRONTAGE SHALL BE ALLOWED. THE TOTAL
AREA OF ALL SIGNS ERECTED ON THE LOT AND BUILDING
SHALL BE WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE. WHERE
THERE IS MULTIPLE FRONTAGE, NO MORE THAN TWO (2)
SQUARE FEET OF SIGN AREA FOR EACH LINEAL FOOT OF
BUILDING FRONTAGE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO FACE THAT
FRONTAGE.

2. LOCATION

A.  FLAT WALL SIGNS

FLAT WALL SIGNS MAY BE LOCATED ANYWHERE ON ANY
WALL OF A BUILDING, EXCEPT THAT, ABOVE THE FIRST
FLOOR, NO WINDOW OR PAST OF A WINDOW SHALL BE SITUATED
WITHIN THE AREA, OR SURFACE AREA, AS DEFINED HEREIN,
OF SUCH SIGN OR ITS SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, NOR SHALL
ANY SUCH SIGN OR PART OF SUCH SIGN OR ITS SUPPORTING
STRUCTURE COVER ANY WINDOW OR PART OF A WINDOW. NO
FLAT WALL SIGN SHALL EXTEND ABOVE THE ROOF LINE. IN
THE CASE OF A MULTI-STORY BUILDING WHICH HAS A
SCREENING ENCLOSING ELEVATOR, SHAFTS, STAIRS, OR
HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING UNITS, A FLAT WALL SIGN
MAY BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE AREA OF THE SCREENING.

B. PROJECTING SIGNS

PROJECTING SIGNS MAY PROJECT OVER PUBLIC
RIGHTS-OF-WAY ONLY WHERE THERE IS NO BUILDING SETBACK;
THEN IT MAY PROJECT NO MORE THAN FORTY-TWO (42) INCHES
OR ONE-THIRD (1/3) OF THE SIDEWALK WIDTH, WHICHEVER IS
LESSER, BEYOND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, BUT NO CLOSER
THAN EIGHT (8) FEET TO A CURB LINE WITHOUT VARIANCE
FROM THE BOARD OF APPEALS AND MUST HAVE A MINIMUM
CLEARANCE OF TEN (10) FEET ABOVE THE FINISHED GRADE OF
A SIDEWALK AND EIGHTEEN (18) FEET ABOVE ANY ROAD,
DRIVEWAY OR ALLEY. NO PROJECTING SIGN OR SUPPORTING
STRUCTURE SHALL PROJECT MORE THAN FORTY-TWO (42)
INCHES FROM THE WALL OF A BUILDING, NOR BE LESS THAN
TEN (10) FEET FROM THE GROUND LEVEL AT THE BASE OF THE
BUILDING, NOR BE HIGHER THAN TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET
FROM THE GROUND LEVEL TO THE TOP OF THE SIGN ON A
MULTI-STORY BUILDING, AND ABOVE THE FIRST FLOOR, NO
WINDOW OH PART OF A WINDOW SHALL BE SITUATED WITHIN