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Session Laws, 1973
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2842

COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

SHALL BE PERMITTED UP TO A TOTAL AREA OF NINE (9)
SQUARE FEET FOR EACH PREMISE IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
AND TWENTY-FOUR (24) SQUARE FEET IN A COMMERCIAL OR
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THESE SIGNS SHALL BE CONFINED
WITHIN PRIVATE PROPERTY AND SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN
FIFTEEN (15) FEET FROM THE NEAREST EDGE OF THE
PAVEMENT AND ONE HUNDRED (100) FEET FROM THE NEAREST
CURB INTERSECTION OF ANY STREET OR ROAD. THESE SIGNS
MAY BE DISPLAYED SIXTY (60) DAYS PRIOR AND SEVEN (7)
DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION FOR WHICH INTENDED. IN CASES
WHERE A FINAL ELECTION FOLLOWS WITHIN SEVENTY-FIVE
(75) DAYS OF A PRIMARY ELECTION, THOSE CANDIDATES WHO
WON IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION MAY CONTINUE TO DISPLAY
THEIR SIGNS DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD AND UP TO SEVEN
(7) DAYS AFTER THE FINAL ELECTION.

G. SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NAME AND STREET
ADDRESS SIGNS

TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NAME SIGNS NOT
EXCEEDING TWO (2) SQUARE FEET EACH IN AREA. SHALL BE
PERMITTED PER SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. SUCH SIGNS
SHALL BE ALLOWED ON MAILBOXES, BUT SHALL OTHERWISE BE
SET BACK AT LEAST SIX (6) FEET FROM THE NEAREST
PROPERTY LINE AND SHALL NOT BE OVER FIVE (5) FEET
ABOVE THE GROUND, WHETHER FREESTANDING OR ON A
BUILDING. TWO STREET NUMBER SIGNS NOT EXCEEDING TWO
SQUARE (2) FEET IN AREA SHALL BE ALLOWED IN ANY
DISTRICT. SUCH SIGNS SHALL BE ALLOWED ON MAILBOXES
AND OVER DOORWAYS BUT SHALL OTHERWISE BE SET BACK AT
LEAST SIX (6) FEET FROM THE NEAREST PROPERTY LINE,
SHALL NOT BE OVER FIVE (5) FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN
FREESTANDING, AND SHALL NOT BE OVER TEN (10) FEET
ABOVE GROUND ON A BUILDING.

3.604. - NON-CONFORMING SIGNS
A. REMOVED IMMEDIATELY

THE BUREAU OF INSPECTION, LICENSES AND PERMITS
SHALL ORDER THE REMOVAL OF ANY SIGN ERECTED OR
MAINTAINED IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW AS IT EXISTED PRIOR
TO THE DATE OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS ACT PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT IF SUCH SIGNS ARE REDESIGNED OR ALTERED
SO AS TO CONFORM TO THE LAW AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO THE
DATE OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS ACT AND A PERMIT APPLIED
FOR WITHIN NINETY (90) DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS ACT, THESE SIGNS SHALL BE REGARDED AS
NON-CONFORMING SIGNS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
SUBSECTION B OF THIS SECTION. REMOVAL SHALL BE IN

 

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