§ 235-29. General regulations.

A. 

Exterior temporary signs or banners for business establishments shall be permitted with a building permit. One temporary sign or banner is allowed per establishment for a period not to exceed 30 days, provided that the sign does not exceed the size of the maximum allowed for the establishment in the district in which it is located. No more than one temporary sign permit may be issued for an establishment in a calendar year.

B. 

All signs (including temporary interior window displays or banners) and their illuminators shall not by reason of location, shape, size, or color interfere with traffic or be confused with or obstruct the view or effectiveness of any official traffic sign, traffic signal, or traffic marking. All illumination of signs must be by steady, stationary, white light, of reasonable intensity, shielded and directed solely at the sign and must be so arranged as to prevent glare onto any portion of any public way or into any residential area.

C. 

No sign shall be illuminated between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m., except signs identifying police or fire stations or hospitals and signs on premises open for business and then only while open for business.

D. 

The supporting members for any sign shall be in acceptable proportion to the size of the sign.

E. 

At the boundary line of the City, and within a street right-of-way, a sign not exceeding two square feet in area indicating the meetings of any Melrose civic organization may be erected only after the granting of a special permit by the Board of Appeals.

F. 

It shall be a violation of this chapter to operate an individual letter or segmented sign in any manner other than with all letters or segments properly lighted, or with all letters or segments not lighted.

G. 

Any sign not addressed by this chapter shall be deemed prohibited.