# Sign Regulations in Mansfield Township, New Jersey

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

- **Jurisdiction:** Mansfield Township, New Jersey (NJ)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/new-jersey/mansfield-township
- **Data last verified:** 2025-04-28
- **Source:** [ecode360 municipal code](https://ecode360.com/10318251#10318251)

## At a glance

Mansfield Township, New Jersey regulates 44 sign types across 6 zoning districts. Wall Sign (Tenant Entry)s in the ODL Office Distribution Laboratory District, LI Light Industrial District, GI General Industrial District, HI Heavy Industrial District zoning district are capped at 12 in tall, 144 sq in (12 in x 12 in), and 12 in wide (Sec. §65-113.2A(5)). Most commercial signs in Mansfield Township require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (6 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 13 | Approximate eye level | 64 sq ft (all sides combined) | — |
| Residential Zones (R-1, R-4, R-5) | 9 | 5 ft from ground level (including architectural features) | 64 sq ft per side (lettering); architectural features excluded if harmonious | — |
| C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District | 5 | 15 ft (if visibility is poor or safety warrants, else monument height—not specified) | 40 sq ft | — |
| C-2 Highway Commercial District | 9 | 20 ft | 50 sq ft | — |
| C-3 Office-Residential District | 4 | 2 ft (letters) | 30 sq ft | — |
| ODL Office Distribution Laboratory District, LI Light Industrial District, GI General Industrial District, HI Heavy Industrial District | 8 | 30 in (letters) | 144 sq in (12 in x 12 in) | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 6 zones)

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Official Sign | — | 10 sq ft (for signs required to be maintained by law or governmental order, rule or regulation) | — | — | — | — | — | §65-109B(1)-(5), (11) |
| Warning Sign | Approximate eye level | 4 sq ft | — | — | — | Freestanding or attached to fences | — | §65-109B(10) |
| Parking/Traffic Control Sign | — | 3 sq ft (parking/traffic), 2 sq ft (handicapped identification) | — | — | — | On same premises to which they apply | — | §65-109B(13), (12) |
| Temporary Political Sign | — | 32 sq ft (general), 6 sq ft (cardboard) | — | — | — | Privately owned lot or parcel | — | §65-109C(2) |
| Temporary Real Estate Sign (Residential) | — | 12 sq ft (all sides combined) | — | — | 1 per lot; open house: 1 per lot, up to 3 offsite directional | On premises for sale/lease; open house signs per lot and offsite directional signs up to 3. | — | §65-109C(7)(a)-(c) |
| Temporary Real Estate Sign (Nonresidential) | — | 64 sq ft (all sides combined) | — | — | 1 per lot; open house: 1 per lot, up to 3 offsite directional | On premises for sale/lease; open house signs per lot and offsite directional signs up to 3. | — | §65-109C(7)(a)-(c) |
| Temporary Construction Sign | — | 32 sq ft per sign | — | — | 3 per site | On construction site | — | §65-109C(5) |
| Temporary Commercial Event (Grand Opening/Going Out of Business/Etc.) Sign | — | 20 sq ft per side | — | — | — | Mounted inside windows | — | §65-109C(6) |

### Residential Zones (R-1, R-4, R-5)

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nameplate/Professional/Home Occupation/Driveway/Trespassing Sign | — | 2 sq ft (per side) | — | — | 1 per lot | Within property lines of the premises it identifies | — | §65-112A |
| Permanent Residential Development Identification Sign | 5 ft from ground level (including architectural features) | 64 sq ft per side (lettering); architectural features excluded if harmonious | — | — | 1 per project | Within development, may be adjacent to any bounding street | — | §65-112B |
| Institutional Use Wall Sign | — | 32 sq ft total | — | — | 1 per use | Building-mounted | — | §65-112C |
| Institutional Use Freestanding Sign (including religious uses, may have bulletin/reader board) | — | 24 sq ft per side | — | — | 1 per use | — | — | §65-112C |
| Permanent Sign (General Restriction) | — | — | — | — | 1 per lot | — | — | §65-112D |
| Freestanding Sign (height restriction) | 5 ft including support | — | — | — | — | — | — | §65-112E |
| Roadside Stand Sign | — | 10 sq ft per side | — | — | 2 | Not in public right-of-way | — | §65-112G |
| Multi-family Section Wall Sign | — | 12 sq ft per building | — | — | 1 per building | Wall-mounted | — | §65-112H |

### ODL Office Distribution Laboratory District, LI Light Industrial District, GI General Industrial District, HI Heavy Industrial District

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding Project Identification Sign | 6 ft | — | 10 ft | — | 1 per perimeter street/highway | One along each existing perimeter street/highway | — | §65-113.2A(2), (1) |
| Building Freestanding Sign | 3 ft (if 12 ft long) or 8 ft (if 4 ft long) | — | 12 ft (if 3 ft high) or 4 ft (if 8 ft high) | — | 1 per building | Visible from adjacent street | — | §65-113.2A(3) |
| Tenant Directory Sign | 3.5 ft (if 4.5 ft in length) or 6 ft (if 3 ft in length) | — | 4.5 ft (if 3.5 ft high) or 3 ft (if 6 ft high) | — | — | Parking lot near vehicular access points | — | §65-113.2A(4) |
| Wall Sign (Tenant Entry) | 12 in | 144 sq in (12 in x 12 in) | 12 in | — | 1 per tenant | Next to tenant entry door | — | §65-113.2A(5) |
| Building Facade Sign (Building Name and Logo) | 30 in (letters) | — | — | — | 1 per building | On face of building | — | §65-113.2A(6)(a)-(b) |
| Restaurant, Hotel/Motel Facade and Freestanding Signs, Shopping Center Signs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | §65-113.2B(1)-(3) |
| Child-Care Centers and Religious Facilities Signs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | §65-113.2B(4) |
| Banner (Permanent) | — | 30 sq ft | — | — | — | — | — | §65-113G |

## Prohibited signs in Mansfield Township

- Signs with a lighting arrangement which is more than that which is necessary for the primary illumination of the sign. This includes exposed lighting intended to attract attention as well as to illuminate the sign.
- Any portable sign.
- Any sign that violates any provision of the Uniform Construction Code.
- Any sign so located as to obscure all or any portion of a sign or traffic signal erected by a governmental authority.
- Any sign (except fire signs) so erected, constructed or maintained as to obstruct or be attached to any fire escape, window, door or opening used as a means of egress or ingress or for fire-fighting purposes or placed so as to interfere with any opening for ventilation required by law.
- Any sign or illumination that causes any direct glare into or upon any road or any building other than the building to which the sign may be related.
- Any sign of which all or any part is in motion by any means, including fluttering or rotating, except the hands of a clock, a weather vane or a windmill, or decorative devices on one's property.
- Any sign displaying flashing or intermittent lights, rotating beams or lights of changing degrees or intensity of color, except signs indicating time, temperature, barometric pressure or air pollution index, and only if not a public safety or traffic hazard.
- Any sign which by reason of its location, position, size, shape or color may obstruct, impair, obscure, confuse or interfere with any traffic control sign, signal or device. No sign shall use the words 'stop,' 'slow,' 'caution,' 'yield,' 'danger,' 'warning' or 'go' in such a way as to be confused with a traffic control sign.
- Signs advertising any business or industry not conducted within the Township.
- Signs extending above the roofline.
- Pavement signs, except for identification of handicap parking stalls and fire zones and areas.
- Signs located off the property which they advertise.
- Signs immediately adjacent to Interstate 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike.
- Neon window signs.

## Signs exempt from permit in Mansfield Township

- Changing the advertised copy or message on an approved painted sign or billboard or a theater marquee and similar approved signs designed for replaceable copy.
- Painting, repainting, cleaning, and other normal maintenance and repair of a conforming sign or sign structure, unless a structural change is made.
- Signs of a constituted governmental body, including traffic signs and signals or similar regulatory devices, legal devices or warnings at railroad crossings.
- Memorial tablets or signs and historic markers as approved by the Township Committee.
- Signs required to be maintained by law or governmental order, rule or regulation, with a total surface area not exceeding 10 square feet on any lot or parcel.
- Signs within public recreation facilities, including those setting forth rules and regulations of play, hours of use, parking facilities, directional signs, scoreboards, park names, and sponsor signs.
- Flags, emblems or insignia of the United States, State of New Jersey, County of Burlington, other counties or states, foreign nations, religious groups, civic organizations or service clubs, and any other flags or banners, subject to certain limitations.
- Address numbers and occupant names signs with a total area not to exceed two square feet.
- Signs for the direction or convenience of the public, including identifying rest rooms, public telephones, freight entrances, not to exceed two square feet (except event banners up to 32 square feet).
- Signs placed by a public utility showing the location of underground facilities, not exceeding two square feet each.
- Seasonal displays and decorations not advertising a product, service or entertainment, limited to 45 days.
- Freestanding signs or signs attached to fences at approximate eye level, no larger than four square feet, warning against hunting, fishing, trespassing, dangerous animals, swimming, or similar hazards.
- Information or directional signs or historical markers erected by a public agency, and signs giving directions and distances to commercial districts (but not specific businesses).
- Parking for the handicapped signs not exceeding two square feet (except for pavement markings).
- Parking lot markers, internal traffic control signs, entrance and exit signs on the premises (maximum three square feet each, with no advertising).
- Nonresidential property building numbers in excess of two square feet.
- Certain temporary signs are exempt from permit requirements, such as official notices by public/court officers, temporary political signs, temporary civic/organization event signs, temporary real estate signs (within limits), temporary construction signs (within limits), and temporary business promotional signs (within limits and except where specifically prohibited).

## Sign plan & submission notes

- All proposed signs associated with site plan and subdivision applications must be reviewed and approved by the Consolidated Land Use Board prior to issuance of a sign permit.
- If the building consists of a series of strip stores attached to each other, a master sign program for the entire project must be submitted, showing proposed color combinations, location, and size of all signs.
- In the ODL Office Distribution Laboratory, LI Light Industrial and HI Heavy Industrial Districts, a master sign program must be submitted for review and approval with proposed color combinations, locations, and sizes of all signs. (applies to all projects in those zones).
- If more than one facade sign is proposed in the C-3 Office-Residential District, the applicant must submit a master sign program for the entire project, showing sizes, colors, and locations of all signs.

## Full detail

This page publishes an overview of every zoning district plus a sample of 3 districts in full. Complete zone-by-zone requirements for all 6 zoning districts in Mansfield Township — every sign type, every field — are available with a free PermitPal account: https://app.permitpal.io/?address=Mansfield+Township+NJ&override=true&utm_source=landing&utm_medium=city-page&utm_campaign=city-mansfield-township

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