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E. Portable signs, including portable (1) freestanding bulletin or announce- signs attached to a permanent post or ment or identification sign is permit- installed on any portable vehicle, ted. Each church, synagogue,mosque except temporary real estate or con- or institution building sign shall be r tractor signs listed under subsections governed by Section 174-55.B. r 174-54.D., E. and F, are not permit- Freestanding signs up to six (6) r ted. square feet are allowed for those iden- tified institutions. Freestanding signs F. Signs and billboards advertising prod- may not be placed closer than five (5) r ucts not sold, or services not avail- feet from the property line or block able, on the property are prohibited. line of sight for pedestrian and traffic G. Illuminated signs. No sign or adver- safety if so determined by the D.P.W. tising device, including window Director. signs,shall be internally lit or of neon, j neon-type, fiber optic, LCD or illumi- C. On premises with a lawfully noncon- r nated tube type. Signs may only be forming nonresidential use, one (1) externally lit or of a wall-mounted sign of not more than six (6) square back-lit design. Lighting of any sign feet signboard area is permitted. or advertising device shall be continu- ous (not intermittent nor flashing nor D. One (1) "for sale" or "for rent" sign, changing). In all zoning districts, for not more than five (5) square feet in safety reasons, any private outdoor signboard area and advertising only l lighting fixture, exclusive of street- the premises on which the sign is lights, whether temporary or perma- located, is permitted. nent, shall be so placed or hooded so that no light beams shall be directed at E. One(1)real estate sign,not more than r any point beyond the lot lines of the five (5) square feet in signboard area, premises illuminated. "Picture fram- is permitted. Such sign shall be ing" of structures with lights, except removed forthwith upon the signing for seasonal displays, shall not be per- of a legally binding purchase and mitted. sales agreement or lease agreement. H. Roof signs shall be prohibited. F. One (1) building contractor's sign on a building or site while actually under §174.54. Residential districts. construction, not exceeding five (5) square feet in signboard area, is per- A. One (1) sign displaying the street mitted. Such sign shall be removed number or name of the occupant of forthwith upon completion or occu- the premises or both, not exceeding pancy of the structure. four(4) square feet in area, is permit- ted. Such sign may be attached to a G. No sign or advertising device shall be building or be freestanding and may illuminated after 11:00 p.m.,except as identify any other permitted accessory permitted by the Board of Selectmen, uses on the premises. upon application to it for a permit,cit- ing reasons for the exceptions. B. One (1) freestanding identification sign for permitted nonresidential H. Subdivisions, condominium and building or use, not more than six (6) apartment complexes. One identifica- square feet in signboard area, is per- tion sign not to exceed six (6) square Knitted. For churches, synagogues, feet per entrance to subdivision,apart- mosques or institutions one (1) bul- ment and condominium complexes. letin or announcement or identifica- For subdivisions over 20 lots and tion sign on each building and/or one complexes over 20 units, one sign per 81