2677-22 Ordinance for Signs for Drive-Through Businesses - Redlined.pdf

DRAFT ____-22 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, SECTION 15.3.c. OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE (SIGNAGE FOR BUSINESSES WITH DRIVE-UP WINDOWS) BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY that Chapter 25 of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange be and are hereby amended as follows: I. PURPOSE The purpose of this ordinance is to update the provision of the Municipal Code of the Township of West Orange governing permitted signs to allow reasonable signage for businesses with drive-up windows. II. CHAPTER 25, SECTION 15.3.c. SHALL BE AND HEREBY IS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING: NOTE: additions to the existing ordinance are shown in bold underline, deletions in strikethrough § 25-15.3 Allowed Signage. a. Signs whose subject matter relates exclusively to the premises on which they are located, or to products, accommodations or activities on those premises shall be allowed. b. Signs in Residential Zones. Within these zones, no sign shall be erected or maintained, in whole or in part, unless it complies with the following limitations and regulations: 1. No more than one permanent sign per lot shall be permitted for each use or activity permitted in this zone, unless otherwise specified herein. 2. A nameplate, situated within the property lines and not exceeding one square foot in area, shall be permitted. 3. A single nonilluminated temporary sign advertising the sale or rental of the premises upon which it is located is permitted provided it shall not exceed six square feet in area and provided that it is maintained in good condition and removed not more than three days after consummation of a lease or sales transaction. 4. Temporary signs announcing or advertising any educational, charitable, civic, professional, religious or like campaign or event, for a consecutive period not to exceed thirty days, in any calendar year, are permitted providing they do not exceed four square feet in size. 5. Nonilluminated temporary signs on new construction sites not exceeding 12 square feet in total area are permitted provided they shall be removed within seven days after