Signs permitted in business, commercial and industrial districts.

The following signs shall be permitted in business, commercial and industrial districts, but a permit therefor shall be required as provided herein. Except for those signs authorized under § § 265-4L , 265-5, 265-6A and 265-6C, no signs shall be erected or maintained except as follows:A. The Planning Board shall approve the number of facade signs per building not to exceed the number of businesses, and the total sign area will not exceed 10% of the square footage of the facade of the building.B. One freestanding business sign not to exceed in square footage the factor derived by multiplying the development's highway front footage by the perpendicular distance in feet from the right-of-way line to the proposed sign location times 1%.

Not more than one freestanding sign shall be permitted for one commercial development regardless of the number of separate businesses conducted thereon. For the purposes of this section, the term "commercial development" shall mean an area of land developed as a unified commercial development regardless of the number of separate deeds or parcels of land that may have been acquired for such development and whether or not such development is constructed at one time or over a period of years.C. Unless specifically permitted herein, all signs must be constructed in monument form and/or style and not to exceed six feet in height above grade level at their base, nor shall any portion of the sign measured horizontally from the leading edge of the sign to a vertical line extending from the highway right-of-way line be closer than 25 feet to any right-of-way line.D.

When a proposed development, building or use requires subdivision or site plan approval, in accordance with the provisions of the Webster Zoning Ordinance,[1] any and all permanent signs to be erected or used in conjunction with such development, building or use shall be approved by the Planning Board in conjunction with its approval of the development, building, use or site plan. The number of signs may be approved by the Planning Board. In a project larger than 10 acres, the Planning Board may consider additional signage (for example, directional signs). All applications for such signs shall be made to the Planning Board upon forms provided by the Town and signed by the owner, tenant and sign manufacturer.

No sign may be erected until written approval has been given by the Planning Board or its authorized representative. In addition to the standards enumerated in Subsections A, B and C, the Planning Board may prescribe the number, hours of operation, location, color, materials, design, illumination, uniformity and general character of each sign concurrent with subdivision or site plan approval. No sign, once approved, shall be altered in such a manner as to change its design, size, illumination or general character without receipt of prior approval of the Planning Board.[1]Editor's Note: See Ch.

350, Zoning.E. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein to the contrary, noncommercial messages may be contained on any authorized sign.