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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1945-05-28TOWN CLERK NORTH ANDOVER To Whom It May Concern: I, Joseph A. Duncan, Town Clerk of North Andover, Massachusetts, do hereby certify that at a meeting of the Town held in the Selectmen's Office, Town Building, in said North Andover, on Monday the twenty-eighth day of May 19A5, at seven- thirty o'clock P. M., the following articles appeared in the warrant for said meeting: Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article VI, Section 1 of the Zoning By-Laws to read as follows: "A Board of appeals of seven members, five of whom shall be known as regular members and two of whom shall be known as asso- ciate members; two of the regular members to be members of the Planning Board, to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, is hereby created under provisions of Chapter 40 of the General Laws and any and all amendments and additions thereto, including Section 30 of Chapter 269 of the Acts of 1933; to assume the duties and powers given to said B~ard herein before stated particularly with reference to the following:" TOWN CL£RK Action on Article 1 was as follows: Voted that a Board of Appeals consisting of five regular members, two of whom are members of the Planning Board, and two associate members, all to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, is hereby created under provisions of Chapter 40 of the General Laws and any and all amendments and additions thereto, including Section 30 of Chapter 269 of the Acts of 1933. The term of office of the five original regular members shall be so arranged so that the term of office of one member will expire in January of each year. Successors shall be appointed at the expiration of their respective terms to serve five years. Associate members shall be appointed for two year terms, the original appointments being for the one year and a two year term respectively. In the case of a temporary vacancy, inability to act, or an interest on the part of a regular member, the chairman of the ~oard of Appeals shall designate an associate member to serve in his place. Said Board of Appeals shall assume the duties and powers given under any and all laws with reference to the following: In witness whereof I hereby set my hand and seal of the Town of Norbh Andover, Massachusetts, this thirtY-first day of May, in the year one thousand nine hundred and fortY-five. Boston, Mass.,February 13,1946. ~ ~~ ~ The foregoing amendment to zoning - ~ ~---/Z',.. ~ ~ - , /'f by-laws is hereby approved. ~J~ j JJ Town Clerk. Attorney General. PROPOSZD SIGN BY-LAW: SIGNS AN~ OUTDOOR LIGHTI~D P~[rLATIONS ~ection. 1.. G~ne~l Ob~)~ctiv~s l) To restrict private signs and lights which overload the public's capacity ~o receive information, Which violate privacy, or which increase the probability of accidents by distracting attention or obstructing vision. To encourage signing and lighting and other private communications which aid orientation, identify activities, express local history and character or serve other educational purposes. 3) To reduce conflict among private signs and lighting and between the private and public information systems. Section 2. Definitions l) Si~n: Any letters, pictorial representation, symbol, flag, emblem, illuminated or animated device, displayed in any manner whatsoever, which directs attention of persons off the premises on which the sign is displayed to any object, subject, place, person, activity, product, service, institution, organization, or business. Surface area (gl ~ sign): The surface area of any sign is the entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of lettering, representations, emblems, or other figures, together ~ith any material or color forming an integral part of the display or used bo differentiate the sign from the background against which it is placed. Structural members bearing no sign copy shall not be included. Only one side of a freestanding or projecting double-faced sign shall be included in calculating surface area, providing that the tw~ display surfaces are joined at an angle no greater than 60 degrees. Ail sides of multi-faced signs, visible from any one street, shall be included in the calculation of surface area. Illuminat~ sign: Illuminated sign shall mean any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs or outlines directed on it or internal to it, illuminated. Ground siKn: Any sign erected on the ground which is wholly self- supported from the ground. Wall sign: Any sign affixed to or painted on a wall or window, or visible through a window, of a building or other structure with the exposed face thereof in a plane parallel or almost parallel to the plane of said wall. 6) Rqof si~n: Any sign erected, constructed, and maAutained wholly upon or over the roof of any bu~]ding with the entire support on the roof structure. .7) s) ll) 13) Projecting sign: Any sign which is attached to a building or other structure and any part of which projects more than t~elve (12) inches from the wall surface of that portion of the building or structure in front of which the sign is positioned. Occupancy sign: Any sign intended to identify from the street a specific occupant or tenant of a building as opposed to a wall or roof or ground sign identifying the building as a whole and its predominant use. Pedestrian si~n: Any sign intended to identify from the sidewalk, at pedestrian level, a specific occupant or tenant of a building. TempoK.ary sign: Any outdoor sign intended to be displayed for a continuous period of not more than sixty (60) days. Permanent sign: Any sign permitted to be erected for more than sixty (60) days. '- Marquee: Any roof-like sheltering structure of permanent construction projecting from the wall of a building or structure. Canopy: Any structure, other than anawning, made of cloth or other material on frames attached to a b, Alding, or projecting over a side- walk and carried by a frame supported by the ground or sidewalk. 12) Flagpole: A pole erected on the roof, or projecting from a building or structure, or on the ground. Section 3' Allowed Signs Signs whose subject matter relates exclusively to the Premises on which they are located, or to products, accommodations, or activities on those premises, shall be allowed as follows: Be Number of Signs 1) Each building may have one wall or roof or ground sign oriented to each street on which the premises have frontage, identifying the building as a whole or its predominant use. In addition, there may be one occupancy sign and one pedestrian sign oriented to each street on which the premises have frontage, re- lating to each occupancy within the building. There may also be certain signs listed in Section B below. Location aqd Size of Signs 1) No sign shall overhang the public way more than 12 inches. 2) 3) 6) No sign shall extend more than 20feet above record grade or more than four feet above the lowest point of the roof of the single story building with which it is associated, whichever is less re- strictive, nor above the third floor of a multi-story building except that motels, hotels, and other transient lodgings may display such signs up to ~0 feet above record grade. The top of pedestrian signs shall be no higher than ten feet above the sidewalk. The area of pedestrian signs shall be limited to two square feet for each occupancy within the building. For other than first floor occupants occupancy signs shall ~e located between the second and third floors. Ground signs shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from all property lines and a minimum of 50 feet from all residential districts or structures. The area of ground signs shall be Limited to one square foot for each seven lineal feet of street frontage. Signs attached to or part of the architectural design of a building (such as wall signs or roof signs) shall not exceed, in total area, more than ten percent of the area of the two dimensional elevation of the building of which they are a part. C. M,..a~imum Si~n Area (cumulative for ~]1 siMns) l) With the exceptions noted below, the total surface area of all exterior signs on the premises shall not exceed 15 times the square root of the street frontage of the parcel on which the premises is located. Str,,eet FrontaEe Allowable Total Area of Ail Signs 20 feet 67 square feet 25 75 3o 82 35 89 LO 95 5O 106 6O ll6 70 126 80 13~ 9O ~3 ioo 15o 125 168 150 185 175 198 200 212 250 237 3OO 26O 500 336 D. Si~n Siz~ Exceptions Signs in residential districts shall not exceed two square feet or as allowed in Section A.12 of the Zoning By-Law, whichever is more restrictive. The following are allowed in addition to signs as limited above: Names of buildings, date of erection, monumental citations, and commemorative tablets up to ten square feet in area, when made a permanent and integral part of the b,,tlding. b) Building directories, up to 20 sq,,are feet in area if located outside. 3) c) Educational signs of up to 20 square feet, providing bulletin or poster d~splay space, identifying or explaining local history or processes going on out of sight within the building, meeting letter size and location requirements for pedestrian signs. d) Traffic control and guidance signs, in conformance with public traffic sign standards, but located on private property, and orientational signs up to two square feet in area, displayed for purposes of direction or convenience, including signs identifying rest rooms, freight entrances, and the like. Permanent signs on the surface or inside display windows shall cover no more than ten percent of the display window area. E. Lettering Size l) Wall or roof signs and ground signs shm]_l not employ letters exceeM~ng eight inches in height in Residence Districts or 18 inches in height elsewhere. 2) 3) Occupancy signs shall not employ letters exceeding eight inches in height. Pedestrian signs shall not employ letters exceeding three inches in height. F. Illumination l) 2) Signs shall be illuminated only by steady~ stationary, shielded light sources directed solely at the sign, or internal to it, without causing glare for motorists, pedestrians~ or neighboring premises. Illuminated signs shall not produce more than one foot-candle of illu- mination four feet from the sign. Signs shall not be illuminated between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. unless related to an establishment operating during those hours. All temporary or permanent outdoor lights such as those umed for area lighting or building floodlighting or sign lighting shall be steady, stationary, shielded sources directed so that the light source is not directly visiole to any point beyond the lot lines of the premises. G. Temporary Si~.n.s The following signs are allowed for a period up to one year wit~ a permit. 1) 2) 3) Construction signs: One unlighted sign of up to 12 square feet identifying parties involved in construction on the premises where the sign is Located; one illuminated sign of up to 20 square feet identi- fying the owner's name and the activity for which the building is intended am~ describing the construction process, but not including the a~vertisement of any product. These signs must be removed within L4 days after the beginning of the intended activity. Real estate signs: One unlighted sign of up to 12 square feet (6 square feet in residence districts) pertaining to the sale, rental, or lease of the premzses on which the sign is displayed, to be removed within ld days after sale, rental or lease. Display window signs: Signs on the surface of or inside display win- dows, lighted only by building illumination and covering no more than 20 percent of the display window area. H. Off-Street Parking Signs Off-street parking facilities for ten or more cars must be identified by a sign displaying the letter "P" in a size between eight and 18 inches high, and a directional arrow indicating ingress. Such a sign may also identify the building (or its principal occupant) to which the parking is accessory in letters not to exceed eight inches in height. ~ction 4' Prohibited Devices 1) No sign or light shall move, flash, or make noise. (Indicators of time or temperature may move.) 2) Colored lights and illuminated signs employing colors in use in traffic signal lights are prohibited within view of any signalized intersection. 3) 5) Any imitation of official traffic signs or signals and the use of such words as "stop~ "look," "go slow," "caution," or "warning" are pro- hibited. Fiuorescent colors in the yellow to red spectrum are prohibited. Signs with neon tubes exposed to view are prohibited. Section ~, ~;o~-,~,D.,r~ ~-~ .-.' ~.- .~_existing si.Mn~ Signs and li;zhts shall be made to conform to the requirements of this By-law within ~l~_~..~ of its effective date: ~,ection 6. ,~dministration No sign, except those specifically exempted by this By-law, shall be erected without a permit issued by the Building Inspector, application for which shall be accompaniedby such scale drawings, photographs, and other information as the Building Inspector may require to identify the characteristics of the proposed sign. 2) Non-conforming signs shall be removed by their owner within ten days of the period set forth in Section 5, or else the Building Inspector sha]t cause their removal at the expense of t~e owner. -6- PROPOSED SIGN BY-LAW: SIG S ourm m L!¢ i Section 1. GeneEal Objectives To restrict private signs and lights which overload the public's capacity to receive information, which violate privacy, or which increase the probability of accidents by distracting attention or obstructing vision. 2) To encourage signing and light~n~ a~d ~ p~wat~ ~ati~t~ which aid orientation, identif~ actAvitie~t expres~ local hiwt~ry and character or serve other e4ue&tiemal ~mrpose~. 3) To reduce conflict mm~ng private signs and ~t~l~ ~nd bet~ the private and public information systems. Section 2. Definitions 1) Si~n: Any letters, pictorial representation, symbol, flag, emblem, illuminated or animated device, displayed in any manner whatsoever, which directs attention of persons off the premises on which the sign is displayed to any object, subject, place, person, activity, product, service, institution, organization, or business. Surface area (of a sign): The surface area of any sign is the entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of lettering, representations, emblems, or other figures, together ~ith any material or color forming an integral part of the display or used to differentiate the sign from the background ag~nst which it is placed. Structural members bearing no sign copy shall not be included. Only one side of a freestanding or projecting double-faced sign shall be included in calculating surface area, providing that the two display surfaces are joined at an angle no greater than 60 degrees. Ail sides of multi-faced signs, visible from any one street, shall be included in the calculation of surface area. Illuminated si~n: Illuminated sign shall mean any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs or outlines directed on it or internal to it, illuminated. Qround sign: Any sign erected on the ground which is wholly self- supported from the ground. ~all sign: Any sign affixed to or painted on a wall or window, or visible through a w~dow, of a building or other structure with the exposed face thereof in a plane parallel or almost parallel to ~he plane of said wall. Roof ::ign:~ Any ~ign erected, constructed, and mn~ntained wholly upon or over the roof of any building with the entire support on the roof structure. Projecting si~n: Any sign which is attached to a building or other structure and any part of which projects more than twelve (12) inches from the wall surface of that portion of the building or structure in front of which the sign is positioned. Occupancy sign: Any sign intended to identify from the street a specific occupant or tenant of a building as opposed to a wall or roof or ground sign identifying the building as a whole and its predominant use. lO) ii) Pedestrian sign: Any sign intended to identify from the sidewalk, at pedestrian level, a specific occupant or tenant of a building. Temporary si~n: Any outdoor sign intended to be displayed for a continuous period of not more than sixty (60) days. ~.e. rmanent sign: Any sign permitted to be erected for more than sixty (60) days. -- Marquee: Any roof-like sheltering structure of permanent construction projecting from the wail of a building or structure. Canopy: Any structure, other than an a~ing, made of cloth or other material on frames attached to a building, or projecting over a side- walk and carried by a frame supported by the ground or sidewalk. 14) Flagpole: A pole erected on the roof, or projecting from a building or structure, or on the ground. Section ~. Allowed Signs Signs whose subject matter relates exclusively to the premises on which they are located, or to products, accommodations, or activities on those premises, shall be allowed as follows: ~nber of Signs l) Each building may have one wall or roof or ground sign oriented to each street on which the premises have frontage, identifying the Building as a whole or its predominant use. 2) In addition, there may be one occupancy sign and one pedestrian sign oriented to each street on which the premises have frontage, re- Lating ~o each occupancy within the building. There may also be certain signs listed in Section B below. Location and Size of Signs 1) No sign shall overhang the public way more than 12 inches. -2- No si~m shall extend more than 20 feet above record grade or more than four feet above the lowest point of the roof of the single story buil~ling with which it is assoeiated~ whichever is less re- strictive, nor above the third floor of a multi-story building except that motels, hotels, and other transient lodgings may display such signs up to ~O feet above record grade. The top of pedestrian signs shall be no higher than ten feet above the sidewalk. The area of pedestrian signs shall be limited to two square feet for each occupancy within the building. For other than first floor occupants occupancy signs shall be located between the second and third floors. Ground sitms shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from all property lines an~ a minimum of 50 feet from all residential districts or structures. The area of ground signs shall be limited to one square foot for each seven lineal feet of street frontage. Signs attached to or part of the architectural design of a b,,tlding (such as wall signs or roof signs) shall not exceed, in total area, more than ten percent of the area of the two dimensional elevation of the building of which they are a part. Maximum Sign Area (cumulative for all siEns) l) With the exceptions noted below, the total surface area of all exterior signs on the premises shall not exceed 15 times the square root of the street frontage of the parcel on which the premises is located. Street Frontage Allo~able Total Area of .... AL $i~ 20 feet 67 square feet 25 75 3O 82 35 89 ~O 95 5O 106 60 ll6 70 126 80 13~ 9O 143 1OO 150 125 168 150 185 175 198 200 212 25O 237 300 280 ~00 3OO 500 336 -3- D. Sign Size ~xce?tions 1) Signs in residential districts shall not exceed two square feet or as allowed in Section 4.12 of the Zoning By-Law, whichever is more restrictive. The following are allowed in addition to signs as limited above: a) Names of buildings, date of erection, monumental citations, and commemorative tablets up to ten square feet in area, when made a permanent and integral part of the building. b) Building directories, up to 20 square feet in area if located oubsiee. c) Educational signs of up to 20 square feet, providing bulletin or poster display space, identifying or explaining local history or processes going on out of sight within the building, meeting letter size and location requirements for pedestrian signs. d) Traffic control and guidance signs, in conformance with public traffic sign standards, but located on private property, and orientational signs up to two square feet in area, displayed for purposes of direction or convenience, including signs identifying rest rooms, freight entrances, and the like. Permanent signs on the surface or inside display windows shall cover no more than ten percent of the display window area. E. Lettering Size 1) Wall or roof signs and ground signs shall not employ letters exceeding eight inches in height in Residence Districts or 18 inches in height elsewhere. Occupancy signs shall not employ letters exceeding eight inches in height. Pedestrian signs shall not employ letters exceeding three inches in height. F. Illumiq, ation l) Signs shall be illuminated only by steady, stationary, shielded light sources directed solely at the sign, or internal to it, without causing glare for motorists, pedestrians, or neighboring premises. 2) Illuminated signs shall not produce more than one foot-candle of illu- mination four feet from the sign. Signs shall not be illuminated between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 7:100 A.M. unless related to an establishment operating during those h6urs. -4- All temporary or permanent outdoor lights such as those used for area lighting or uuil~ting floodlighting or sign lighting shall be steady, s~ationary, shieldea sources directed so that the light source is not directly visiole ~o any point beyond the lot lines of the premises. Temporary Signs The following s~ns are allowed for a period up to one year without a permit. l) Construction signs: One unlighted sign of up to 12 square feet identifying parties involved in construction on the premises where the sign is located; one illuminated sign of up to 20 square feet identi- fying the owner's name and the activity for which the building is intended and describing the construction process, but not including the advertisement of any product. These signs must be removed within id days after the beginning of the intended activity. 2) Real estate signs: One unlighted sign of up to 12 square feet (6 square feet in residence districts) pertaining to the sale, rental, or lease of the premises on which the sign is displayed, to be removed within 14 Gays after sale, rental or lease. Display window signs: Signs on the surface of or inside display win- nows, lighted only oy building illumination and covering no more than 20 percent of the display window area. H. Off-Street Par~ing Signs Off-street parking facilities for ten or more cars must be identified by a si~n displaying the letter "P" in a size between eight and 18 inches high, and a directional arrow indicating ingress. Such a sign may also identify the building (or its principal occupant) to which the parking is accessory in letters not to exceed eight inches in height. Section 4. Prohibited Devices 1) No sign or light shall move, flash, or make noise. (Indicators of time or temperature may move.) 2) Colored lights and illuminated signs employing colors in use in traffic signal lights are prohibited within view of any signalized intersection. Any imitation of official traffic signs or signals and the use of such words as "stop~ "look," "go slow," "caution," or "warning" are pro- hibited. Fluorescent ~olors in the yellow to red spectrum are prohibited. 5) Signs with neon tubes exposed to view are prohibited.