Signs

• Real Estate Signs:
  Signs may be erected to advertise sale, lease or rent, subject to the following regulations: 
  • One (1) temporary real estate sign not exceeding six (6) square feet in size. If the property has multiple street frontages, one (1) additional sign not exceeding six (6) square feet in size shall be allowed to be placed facing the additional street frontage. Under no circumstances shall more than the maximum two (2) signs be permitted on the property.
  • Signs shall not be illuminated or have attention catching attachments.
  • All signs shall be removed immediately upon the sale, lease, or rental of the lot, parcel or tract or the expiration of the permit, whichever occurs first.
  • Signs shall not be located within five (5) feet of the front property line.
  • Only signs advertising an "open house" shall be permitted in the public right-of-way and only during the hours the house is actually open for inspection.
    

• Temporary Event Signs:
  Signs announcing any public, charitable, educational or religious event or function located entirely within the premises of that institution and set back at least ten (10) feet from the property line may be erected only on a freestanding stake advertising the event, location, time and date, and subject to the following criteria: 
  • Not more than one (1) temporary event sign per street frontage of a lot.
  • No illumination.
  • Shall be removed immediately at the end of the event.
  • Shall not exceed six (6) square feet in size.
  • Not more than twenty-five (25) signs regarding the same event shall be permitted at any time in town public rights-of-way.
    

• Prohibited Signs:
  • Building-related signs, including, but not limited to, signs advertising the name(s) of the architect, paving company, roofing company, landscaping company, and painting company, are prohibited from being erected or posted in the town.
  • Signs other than those exempted above also are prohibited from being erected in the town.