Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sign max area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
On a property containing a legal home occupation one sign, not exceeding two square feet in area, for each dwelling, when erected or displayed on a dwelling and bearing only the name or use of an occupant of such dwelling such sign shall be fixed flat against the main structure only and shall not be directly illuminated.
- Institutional sign max area18 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One sign not exceeding 18 square feet in area, when erected or displayed on the property of the institutional use; provided, that when an institutional use faces more than one street, one such sign may be erected or displayed on each street frontage, not to exceed 18 square feet in total area.
- Institutional sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.10 ft
Signs shall be set back at least ten feet from any lot line.
From the ordinance
In any residential district, the following signs shall be permitted: (1) On a property containing a legal home occupation one sign, not exceeding two square feet in area... (2) One sign not exceeding 18 square feet in area, when erected or displayed on the property of the institutional use...