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DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 days after completion of the construction work. Signs advertising major subdivisions that have received preliminary plot approval by the Planning Board shall not exceed two (2) in number, shall not exceed a combined total of eighty (80) square feet in area, and shall be removed within ninety (90) days after completion of the construction work. 6. Signs identifying a permitted professional office or home occupation shall bear only the name of the person residing on the premises, the profession or home occupation being conducted on the premises, shall not be neon or electric, shall be situated within the property lines of the premises it identifies and shall not exceed two (2) square feet in area. 7. One (1) project identification sign on each side of a multi-family development which has frontage on a public street and which may bear only the name of the project, the address, and the presence or lack of vacant units. Such signs shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet in area on either side and six (6) feet in height, and shall be situated not closer than forty (40) feet to any street or property line but shall not be attached to any building. 8. Temporary signs announcing any political campaign or event or supporting any candidate running for election for a consecutive period not to exceed thirty (30) days prior to the election or event. If any political campaign or election results in a "run-off" election, then such temporary signs may remain at their location until the date of the run-off elections. All such signs must be removed no later than two (2) days after the election or "run-off" election. No such sign may exceed four (4) square feet in size. The limitations of this subsection shall not apply to any location or structure designated by the candidate as his/her campaign headquarters; provided, however, that a candidate may designate only one (1) location as the campaign headquarters. c. Signs in Business Zones. Within these zones, no signs shall be erected or altered in whole or in part unless it complies with the following regulations: 1. In the Main Street/Neighborhood Business

Business Zones. Within these zones, no signs shall be erected or altered in whole or in part unless it complies with the following regulations: 1. In the Main Street/Neighborhood Business Zones, (all OB-1, OB-2, and B-1 Zones) none other than the following signs shall be permitted: (a) Those signs permitted in residential zoned areas. (b) Facade Signs. (1) Each commercial use may have a combined sign area limited to a size of one and one-half (1.5) square feet of sign area for each one (1) foot of the width of the building, including window and door area, up to a maximum of two hundred (200) square feet for each facade fronting a street, sidewalk, or parking area. For example, a business with twenty (20) linear feet of street frontage would allow thirty (30) square feet of allowable signage. The maximum height of any facade sign shall be two (2) feet. (2) Sign area not utilized on one (1) facade may not be transferred to another facade. (3) Persons may use a combination of the following sign types to obtain the combined sign area: awnings, canopy, marquee, projecting, window or wall signs. (4) Permanent window signs shall not occupy more than twenty five percent (25%) of the total area of the window in which displayed, including the windows of glazed doors. (5) Temporary window signs shall not occupy more than twenty five percent (25%) of the total window area in which displayed. Temporary window signs must be removed within two days after the close of the sale or special event 73