Northampton County Unincorporated

The SED may be located only in the Ag/Rural Business and Existing Industrial Districts. The lowest surface of any panel shall be a minimum of four feet above the finished grade. Noise limited to 60 DBA at property line.

A sign permit is required except per provisions of this chapter. No sign may be constructed, erected, moved, enlarged, illuminated or substantially altered except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and with a valid sign permit.

Each non-residential establishment... shall be allowed the following signs, attached to a wall or building unit containing the establishment and conforming to the requirements set forth below.

Properties used for residential purposes are allowed one freestanding sign per parcel, limited to no more than four square feet and four feet in height.

Individual establishments within a shopping center shall each be allowed one wall sign... Residential uses such as residential subdivisions, multi-family developments, and mobile home parks shall be allowed one freestanding identification sign per public entrance...

Electronic message center signs... shall be permitted provided that: Each message or image shall remain fixed and unchanged for a minimum period of five minutes; ... The difference between the two readings shall not exceed 0.3 foot candle; ... The minimum separation between any two electronic message center signs located on adjoining properties shall be 100 feet.

The area of a sign face shall be computed by means of the smallest square, circle, rectangle, triangle or combination thereof that will encompass the extreme limits of the writing representation, emblem, or other display. Signs shall adhere to lighting standards pursuant to § 154.2.112 General Lighting Standards.

All signs and all components thereof, including, without limitation, supports, braces, and anchors, shall be kept in a state of good repair. Any sign which becomes a safety hazard or which is not kept in a reasonably good state of repair shall be put in a safe and good state of repair within 30 days of a written notice to the owner and permit holder.

The following spaces shall be required. (A) Animal hospitals and commercial kennels. One space per 400 square feet of gross floor area plus one per each employee.

The intent of this section is to regulate and limit the development and continued existence of uses, structures, and lots established prior to the effective date of this chapter.

If a lot zoned WW, WV-NB, WV-WC, C-1 or EI abut a lot that is zoned WW, WV-NB, WV-WC, C-1 or EI, the side and rear minimum setbacks shall be reduced to 0 feet.

Minimum lot frontage may be reduced to 25 feet when the lot fronts on a cul-de-sac or when the lot is designed in conformance with the standards for a pipe stem lot.

The following uses are permitted subject to the regulations of this chapter... The following uses require the issuance of a special use permit...

An attached or detached dwelling used as a residence that is subordinate to a single-family dwelling and is constructed in conformity with the performance standards in § 154.2.117.

The minimum takeoff distance plus clearway to fly over a 50-foot obstacle on a property used for this purpose must be at least 1,000 feet long and be located no closer than 300 feet to a property line. Compliance with FAR 91.117, Minimum Safe Altitudes, is essential. Agricultural aircraft engaged in crop spraying operations are limited to 16,000 pounds MGTOW.

Any pervious surface used for aircraft with a certified MGTOW under 3,500 pounds only between one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset with a frequency of not more than five takeoffs and landings per day.

use of such trail facilities are only permitted by special use permit, and conditions may be imposed including, but not limited to, the following: setbacks, periodic noise-level studies, hours of operation, number of simultaneous users, vegetative buffers, fencing and restricting ingress/egress to a single owner-controlled entrance.

A dwelling unit, other than a motel, hotel, rooming or boarding house, or inn, occupied by the owner of the unit or a resident manager where up to nine separate sleeping rooms are provided, for compensation, to overnight transients and a morning meal is usually offered as part of the lodging charge.

Any building, except a service station, which contains less than 5,000 square feet of net floor area and which is used for the retail sale of food, beverages, and other items.

There shall be a maximum of ten clients at any given time, and no overnight accommodations shall be provided.