# Sign Regulations in Lawnside Borough, New Jersey

Sign permit rules, size and height limits, setbacks, and ordinance citations for Lawnside Borough, New Jersey, compiled by PermitPal from the jurisdiction's published municipal code.

- **Jurisdiction:** Lawnside Borough, New Jersey (NJ)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/new-jersey/lawnside-borough
- **Data last verified:** 2025-04-28
- **Source:** [ecode360 municipal code](https://ecode360.com/35987472#35987472)

## At a glance

Lawnside Borough, New Jersey regulates 28 sign types across 3 zoning districts. Permanent Freestanding Signs in the B-A Business District, B-B Business District, Industrial Districts, P.O.P. (Planned Office Park) District, P.B.P. (Planned Business Park) District zoning district are capped at 5 ft tall, 40 sq ft, and 10 ft wide, with a 25 ft from street line, 15 ft from side lot line setback (Sec. § 96-168A). Most commercial signs in Lawnside Borough require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (3 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 21 | 35 ft | 24 sq ft | — |
| Residential zones, Residential districts | 3 | 6 ft | 24 sq ft | — |
| B-A Business District, B-B Business District, Industrial Districts, P.O.P. (Planned Office Park) District, P.B.P. (Planned Business Park) District | 4 | 25 ft from ground or not above roofline | 40 sq ft per wall | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free Expression Sign | 3 ft (if freestanding) | 3 sq ft | — | — | 1 per parcel | On parcel, attached or freestanding | — | § 96-165E |
| Temporary Construction Sign (Residential Use) | 3 ft | 3 sq ft | — | 10 ft from lot line | 1 per parcel | One per parcel | — | § 96-165J |
| Temporary Construction Sign (Nonresidential Use) | 6 ft | 24 sq ft | — | 10 ft from lot line | 1 per parcel | One per parcel | — | § 96-165J |
| Temporary Real Estate Sign (Residential Use) | 3 ft | 3 sq ft | — | 10 ft from lot line | 1 per parcel/per unit or space, with extra for dual street frontage | On parcel | — | § 96-165K |
| Temporary Real Estate Sign (Nonresidential Use) | 6 ft | 24 sq ft | — | 10 ft from lot line | 1 per parcel/per unit or space, with extra for dual street frontage | On parcel | — | § 96-165K |
| Temporary Grand Opening Sign | 6 ft | 24 sq ft | — | 10 ft from lot line | 1 per business | On parcel | — | § 96-165L |
| Garage-Yard Sale Sign | 3 ft | 3 sq ft | — | 10 ft from lot line | 1 per parcel | On parcel with residential use | — | § 96-165M |
| Temporary Future Development Sign | 6 ft | 24 sq ft | — | 10 ft from lot line | 1 per property | In new subdivisions | — | § 96-165O |

### Residential zones, Residential districts

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Identification Sign (Multi-Family) | 6 ft | 24 sq ft | — | — | 1 per development per frontage | 1 per development per public street frontage | — | § 96-166A |
| Wall Identification Sign (Multi-Family) | — | 8 sq ft | — | — | 1 per building | 1 per building | — | § 96-166A |
| Freestanding Identification Sign (Institutional/Quasi-public/Public Use) | 6 ft | 20 sq ft | — | — | 1 per parcel | 1 per parcel | — | § 96-166B |

### B-A Business District, B-B Business District, Industrial Districts, P.O.P. (Planned Office Park) District, P.B.P. (Planned Business Park) District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Permanent Wall Sign (Single Tenant) | 25 ft from ground or not above roofline | 30 sq ft | — | — | 1 per tenancy per front wall | On building wall (front) | — | § 96-167A, § 96-168B |
| Permanent Wall Sign (Multiple Frontages) | 25 ft from ground or not above roofline | 40 sq ft per wall | — | — | 1 per wall (if facing different streets; side/rear must not face residential zone) | Front, side or rear wall (side/rear wall sign must not face a residential zone) | — | § 96-168B |
| Permanent Freestanding Sign | 5 ft | 40 sq ft | 10 ft | 25 ft from street line, 15 ft from side lot line | 1 per street frontage | 1 per street frontage | — | § 96-168A |
| Incidental Sign | — | 1 sq ft | — | — | Up to 4 per parcel or per freestanding sign structure | Attached to freestanding sign or building wall (not perpendicular) | — | § 96-167B, § 96-168C |

## Prohibited signs in Lawnside Borough

- Billboards.
- Revolving signs.
- Flashing signs.
- Animated signs.
- Wind signs.
- Portable signs.
- Roof signs.
- Abandoned and discontinued signs.
- Snipe signs; bandit signs.
- Projecting signs.
- Bus bench advertising signs; bus shelter advertising signs.
- Signs that emit smoke, visible vapor or smoke, sound, odor, or visible particles or gaseous matter.
- Signs that have unshielded illuminating devices.
- Signs that obstruct, conceal, hide or otherwise obscure from view any official traffic or governmental sign, signal or device.
- Wall signs that exceed 200 square feet in sign area.
- Freestanding signs that are higher than 25 feet.
- Signs within a sight triangle that obstruct a clear view of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
- Signs in the public right-of-way, other than traffic control device signs, warning signs or safety signs.
- Signs other than a traffic control device sign that use the word "stop" or "danger," or present or imply the need or requirement of stopping or the existence of danger, or which copy or imitate an official traffic control device sign, and which are adjacent to the right-of-way of any road, street, or highway.
- Signs prohibited by state or federal law.
- Vehicle sign or signs which have a total sign area on any vehicle in excess of 10 square feet, when the vehicle is not regularly used in the conduct of the business or activity advertised on the vehicle, and (a) is visible from a street right-of-way within 100 feet of the vehicle, and (b) is parked for more than two consecutive hours within 100 feet of any street right-of-way. A vehicle shall not be considered regularly used in the conduct of the business or activity if the vehicle is used primarily (i) for advertising, or (ii) for the purpose of advertising, or (iii) for the purpose of providing transportation for owners or employees of the business or activity advertised on the vehicle.
- Signs located on real property without the permission of the property owner.
- Beacons, except as required by federal or state law.
- Impenitent signs.
- Sandwich board signs.
- Signs located, painted or affixed on a water tower, storage tower, or cell tower that are visible from a public street or roadway.
- Signs within 100 feet of an historic building, site or monument, other than historic markers.
- Neon signs, except as may be expressly allowed as an interior mounted sign in a window or door opening in a nonresidential zone.

## Signs exempt from permit in Lawnside Borough

- A sign, other than a window sign, located entirely inside the premises of a building or enclosed space.
- A sign on a car, other than a prohibited vehicle sign or signs.
- A statutory sign.
- A traffic control device sign.
- Any sign not visible from a public street, sidewalk or right-of-way; except that the foregoing does not exempt a sign for a commercial use that is visible from an abutting residential use.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- Unless exempt from permitting as provided in this chapter, no permanent sign shall be erected, altered, relocated, maintained or displayed until a sign permit is obtained from and appropriate fee is paid to the borough. The sign permit application shall be accompanied by plans and specifications drawn to scale, together with any site plan required by this Article or this Code.
- Applications for permits shall be submitted on forms furnished by the borough.
- Applications for variance shall be filed no less than five days before regular meetings of the Board of Adjustment.
- A sign lawfully erected under permit may be repainted or have ordinary and customary repairs performed, including replacement of plastic or glass panels, without a new sign permit; however, if such sign is to be structurally altered in any manner, a new sign permit shall be required and the altered sign must meet all requirements of this Article and this Code.
- Allowed temporary signs, except for special event signs, are exempt from sign permitting. Temporary special event signs require a permit.
- Allowed permanent signs of the type described in this Article shall be exempt from sign permitting.
- The sign permit application shall be reviewed and a decision rendered within 10 calendar days. In the event that no decision is rendered within 10 days, the application shall be deemed denied and the applicant may appeal to the Board of Adjustment.
- Whenever there is an allegation of error in permit decisions or administrative action, an appeal may be made to the Board of Adjustment.

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