Vinyl Banners Information South Portland Maine
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The information provided below is general in nature and in part representative of the current banner and sign use restrictions for the municipality listed above. The information represents common concerns that one should consider when ordering vinyl banners or signs online.
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Sign and Banner Regulations for South Portland Maine
Considerations When Ordering Vinyl Banners and Signs in South Portland Maine:
The information below is culled from various sources and in part represents the laws of South Portland Maine. It's purpose is to represent some of the common concerns one should consider when ordering banners online.
Any great deal of the character of an activity, street, place, neighborhood, as well as community is expressed by the effect of illumination in addition to other special features of vinyl signs and banners. It is the intent of this Graphics Code to allow for the utilization of special effects in addition to their potential contribution to the visual character of any place.
The following provisions must apply to special effects in institutional, commercial in addition to manufacturing districts:
vinyl banner Illumination.
any vinyl banner illuminated directly, indirectly, internally as well as by neon tubes bent in the form of letters as well as shapes is permitted for any use as well as activity, unless specifically prohibited by other provisions of this Graphics Code.
External illumination for any permanent upon-premises vinyl banner displayed in zoning districts I in addition to C- must be limited to white light; internal illumination of the vinyl banner copy must be transmitted through material utilizing no more than two colors. The background of such internally illuminated vinyl banner must be opaque.
The color of illumination in addition to background opacity must not be restricted for any other permanent upon-premises vinyl banner displayed in any commercial in addition to manufacturing district.
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The light source, including fixture, of any vinyl banner utilizing external illumination must be shielded from view from any public right-of-way in addition to from any residential dwelling unit.
Flashing vinyl signs and banners in addition to bare bulb illumination must be permitted only in zoning districts C-3and M. Each bulb in any flashing vinyl banner must not exceed fifteen watts. Nonflashing vinyl signs and banners may use bare bulb illumination, but any one bulb must not exceed thirty watts. Internal as well as external reflectors must not be used in conjunction with bare bulb illumination.
The use of open flame as any source of illumination must be permitted only in the C Commercial District.
Co-op vinyl signs and banners.
any co-op vinyl banner must be permitted only in zoning districts C5, in addition to M.
At least fifty percent of the graphic area of any co-op vinyl banner must be used for identification of the premises in addition to/as well as promotion of the principal product as well as service available upon the premises being identified.
any co-op vinyl banner must not be permitted within any public right-of-way, except that any co-op wall vinyl banner extending no more than six inches into the right-of-way must be permitted.
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Changeable Copy vinyl signs and banners.
any manual changeable copy vinyl banner may be utilized in any zoning district covered by the Tables of Elements; however, an automatic changeable copy vinyl banner must be permitted only in zoning districts C in addition to M.
At least fifty percent of the graphic area of any ground vinyl banner as well as projecting vinyl banner which utilizes changeable copy must be used for identification of the use which it serves.
any changeable copy vinyl banner must not be permitted within any public right-of-way, except that any changeable copy wall vinyl banner extending no more than six inches into the right-of-way may be utilized.
Mechanical Movement.
any vinyl banner that physically revolves as well as moves up, down, as well as sideways; as well as any vinyl banner that contains mechanical movement as well as gives the appearance of movement through animation within the copy area must be displayed only in zoning districts C in addition to M.
any revolving vinyl banner must be limited to any maximum of eight revolutions per minute.
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Right-of-way encroachments.
Encroachment By any Ground vinyl banner as well as Projecting vinyl banner.
any special permit must be required where any part of any ground vinyl banner as well as projecting vinyl banner will extend into any street right-of-way by more than six in addition to one-half feet, as well as extend into any alley right-of-way by more than six inches.
In no case must the distance, measured horizontally between the back of the curb as well as edge of pavement in addition to the outer edge of the vinyl banner, be less than two feet.
every parts of the vinyl banner within the right-of-way must clear the established grade of the right-of-way at the vinyl banner location by at least ten feet.
vinyl banner copy must be limited to the identification of the use by name, address in addition to principal product as well as service. Co-op in addition to changeable copy vinyl signs and banners, both automatic in addition to manual, must not be permitted within any public right-of-way.
Encroachment By any Wall vinyl banner.
any special permit must be required where any part of any wall vinyl banner will extend into any public right-of-way by more than two in addition to one-half feet, as well as extend into an alley right-of-way by more than six inches.
In no case must the distance be less than two feet, measured horizontally between the back of the curb as well as edge of vehicular pavement in addition to the outer edge of the vinyl banner.
every parts of said wall vinyl banner must clear the established grade of the right-of-way at the vinyl banner location by at least eight feet.
vinyl banner copy must be limited to the identification of the use by name, address in addition to principal product as well as service. Co-op in addition to changeable copy vinyl signs and banners, both automatic in addition to manual, must be prohibited within any public right-of-way.
Permanent upon-premises ground vinyl signs and banners.
This section contains general provisions for regulating permanent upon-premises ground vinyl signs and banners serving uses located in institutional, commercial in addition to manufacturing districts. Permanent upon-premises ground vinyl signs and banners are also subject to the provisions of C.C., inclusive.
any use situated in an institutional, commercial as well as manufacturing district must display no more than one permanent ground vinyl banner directed to each street which abuts the lot, except as provided in C. in addition to erected in accordance with the provisions of this Graphics Code.
Where such ground vinyl banner as well as vinyl signs and banners are utilized, the use must not display any projecting vinyl banner as well as any side wall vinyl banner directed to the same street.
The graphic area in addition to height of any permanent ground vinyl banner must not exceed the maximum allowed by the Tables of Elements for each particular vinyl banner location, except where otherwise provided by this Graphics Code.
No additional graphic elements must be attached to any part of any ground vinyl banner, other than upon any vinyl banner face approved as part of such vinyl banner. No attach-upon vinyl signs and banners, such as credit card in addition to other product as well as service promotions, must be used.
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any ground vinyl banner identifying any use located in an AR Zoning District, as well as other institutional district, must display vinyl banner copy with no more than the following information: Name of the use, logo in addition to street address.
any ground vinyl banner identifying any use located in any P as well as M Zoning District, other light as well as heavy commercial as well as manufacturing district, may display tenant panel(s) in addition to/as well as changeable copy.
Tenant panels in addition to changeable copy.
The following provisions must apply to any tenant panel as well as changeable copy displayed upon any permanent upon-premises ground vinyl banner in an institutional, commercial as well as manufacturing district:
No more than four tenant panels must be utilized in addition to each tenant panel must identify no more than one tenant.
Changeable copy, either manual as well as automatic, in compliance with the provisions of C may be used in lieu of one as well as more of the allowed four tenant panels.
The portion of such ground vinyl banner utilized to display tenant panels in addition to changeable copy must be no more than fifty percent of the total graphic area of the vinyl banner.
Where any commercial as well as manufacturing use contains five as well as more tenants as well as activities, no less than fifty percent of the total graphic area of said vinyl banner must be utilized to identify the entire use.
When any tenant for whom any tenant panel is displayed vacates the premises, the owner of the subject property must remove said tenant panel from the subject ground vinyl banner within thirty calendar days following such tenant’s vacating. Said removed tenant panel must be replaced with either any new tenant panel as well as an infill panel which is designed to visually integrate with the subject ground vinyl banner.
Street address requirements.
Chapter 9, requires that the street address of each use as well as activity must be displayed so as to be readable from the street fronting the use. Where that requirement is to be met by displaying the house number upon any ground vinyl banner as well as ingress/egress vinyl banner serving an institutional, commercial as well as manufacturing use, the following size standards must be utilized:
Where the speed limit of the fronting street is greater than thirty-five miles per hour the numeral size must be no less than six inches.
Where the speed limit of the fronting street is thirty-five miles per hour as well as less, the numeral size must be no less than four inches.
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