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n 174-55E currently reads: No freestanding tering sign shall require Design Review M,Section comment and review and a Special Per- sign shall have signboard area (or display area if no mit by the Board of Appeals. signboard) exceeding the dimensions allowed under d) Two neon signs shall be allowed per measured from the tops of the Subsection C above, remises.The size of each neon sign shall g topmost display elements, and including in such mea- not exceed six (6) square feet,or 25% of F surements any blank space between display elements. the window area,whichever is less. No display or signboard dimensions shall exceed forty (40)feet for a freestanding sign. Explanation: This proposed rewritten section outlines n Section 174-SSE to read as follows: the allowed methods of lighting for the Town of Mash- I.By revising ee's C and I zones. The Sign By-law Review Com- No sign shall have signboard area (or display area mittee found that externally lit signs can be hazardous is no signboard)exceeding the dimensions allowed, and included in any such area measurements is any to passing traffic. New methods of lighting are existence that did not space between display elements. Explanation: changes are shpee's sign article was originally writ- being proposed in order to exist when male of a wall-mounted back lit lettenng P reduce redundancy to the sign article and make it ten. n exampleing the clearer to read, as Section 174-55C outlines the size sign is the lit lettop er Shop dthe Committee dd d not internally provision: requirements. want the Mobil type of externally lit sign with a white, N.Section 174-55F currently reads: Illuminated signs plain background, what emerged was a compromise. are permitted subject to the following conditions; The Committee also found that neon signs can provide (1) No sign shall be intermittently illuminated, businesses theyre open during the a method of letting atheir customers internally illuminated nor of a traveling light, know animated or flashing light type. No exposed p. Section 174-55G currently reads: Illumination. neon-type signs shall be permitted in the Town of Except as otherwise prohibited herein, signs may be Mashpee. illuminated by any fixed steady light of such nature 2 Sin illumination is permitted only between and in such manner that n�OO) lumens per htness of the gsquare n face ( ) g the hours of 7:00 a.m.and 11:00 p.m.,except that does not exceed one hundred the signs of commercial or industrial establish- foot. Except for uminaosed neon-type signs, where ments may be illuminated during any hours that permitted, such illumination shall be so arranged that these establishments are open to the public or in its exterior source is not directly visible from any way or occupied building, and not illumination shall be of operation. Illuminated signs on public buildings an color that might be confusing to traffic. Holiday f and land are exempt from this provision. y lights shall not be deemed as coming within the provi- �t I.By revising Section 174-55F(1): sions of this subsection,but this subsection shall apply (1)No sign shall be intermittently illuminated, nor to window signs. of a traveling light,animated or flashing light type. t as I.By making the following change to the first sentence No internally lit signs shall be allowed, except of Section 174-55(G) to read as follows: Except as h Provided in subsection s(2)(b), (c) and (d) below. otherwise prohibited herein, signs may be illumi- Explanation: As proposed limited use of internal illu- nated by any fixed steady light of such nature and minated signs will be provided for, per requirements in such manner that the brightness of the sign face outlined in changes to Section 174-55F(2). The dele- does not exceed or project one hundred (100) tion of the neon sign clause is to provide for limited lumens per square foot. neon sign use as outlined in Section 174-55F(2). Explanation: the addition of"project" is to keep neon U.By moving the text of existing Section 174-55F(2) illumination at a reasonable level and make sure the to Section 174-55F(3) and replacing Section 174- light remains on the same property and does not have 55F(2)with the following: a"laser" effect of projecting into the atmosphere. (2)Signs shall be illuminated in the following manner: P. Section 174-55I currently reads: Where a group ree(3) or more] of business buildings are build as a [th a) externally illuminated. » « p0 "village" or"shopping center," and it b) with a wall-mounted back-lit lettering plaza, mall, is desired to identify the groupings as such,in addition sign. to si ns permitted for individual buildings o busi- c) freestanding and buildings signs with nesses, there may be permitted one (1) freestanding their letters internallylit, not to exceed feet from one hundred (100) lumens at eight (8) sign, set back not less than twenty-five (25) square feet in all directions. In no case shall each major street and not to exceed eighty (80) more than 33% of the sign be lit inter- feet in area nor the mad. ximum building height permit- nally. In addition, any internally lit let- ted in the zoning district in which the sign is locate 71