153 Main St Phillipsburg, NJ 08865-2839

Business signs, Union Square Redevelopment Area and B-3 Business District. [Added 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. O :2001-20] Signs in the Union Square Redevelopment Area (RDA #4/5) and B-3 Zone shall be designed to promote the unique character of the area and enhance the design objectives of the Redevelopment and Gateway Plans by requiring new and replacement signage that complies with the general provisions of §§ 625-34 to 625-37 above and the following provisions: A. Allowed signs. (1) There shall be no more than one business sign per business on each side of a building fronting on a public street or public parking area. This sign may be a wall sign, projecting sign or awning/canopy/marquee sign and should be designed to identify the business use for the motoring public. (2) There may also be one business sign per business on each side of a building fronting on a public street or public parking area designed to identify the business use for pedestrians. This sign may be a wall, door or window sign. (3) Ground signs shall only be permitted for buildings fronting on a sidewalk in excess of 12 feet in width or fronting on an interior courtyard, plaza or parking area. (4) Not more than one portable sign per building or 25 feet of building frontage shall be permitted, provided such sign is located to retain a minimum of 3.5 feet along South Main Street and five feet in Areas 1 and 4 of the Union Square Redevelopment Area of open sidewalk area, free of obstructions, for pedestrian circulation. Such sign shall also be located outside any sight triangle, sight easement or necessary sight line for a roadway or driveway. (5) Each building shall and each use may have an address sign which shall contain at the minimum the street number and at the most the business/use name and address. (6) Directional signs shall be provided in the locations and numbers necessary to provide for the safety and convenience of the site users. (7) Where there is remaining evidence of advertising signs for businesses that have historical or nostalgic interest to the community, these signs may be restored to their original condition and text. Such signs will not be included in the calculations of total allowed signage. B. General standards for signs. (1) Signage affixed to or associated with a building shall be architecturally compatible with the style, colors and details of the building. Signs for multiple uses within a single building shall have a similar style, size, location and color scheme.