§ 493 - On-premise signs - Vermont Statutes

§ 493. On-premise signs

Owners or occupants of real property may erect and maintain on the property, on-premise signs advertising the sale or lease of the property or activities being conducted on the property. Those signs shall be subject to the regulations set forth below.

(1) On-premise signs may be erected or maintained, with a total area of not more than one hundred fifty square feet, advertising activities being conducted on the same premises. However, this limitation does not apply to signs existing on May 1, 1971, or attached to or part of the building in which the activities are being carried on. An on-premise sign shall not be located more than fifteen hundred feet from a main entrance from the highway to the activity or premises advertised. The fifteen hundred foot distance shall be measured along the centerline of the highway or highways between the sign and a main entrance. A main entrance shall be a principal, private roadway or driveway which leads from a public highway to the advertised activity. For the purposes of this subdivision, premises shall not include land which is separated from the activity by a public highway, or other intervening land use not related to the advertised activity. Undeveloped land or farmland shall not be considered as an intervening land use.

(2) A sign advertising the sale or lease of real estate by the owner or an agent shall not have an area of more than six square feet, including the panel and the frame. Signs attached to "for sale" or "for lease" signs which state "sold," "sale pending," "sale under contract" or similar messages shall not be permitted.

(3) A permitted on-premise sign shall not extend more than twenty-five feet above the ground level or, if the sign is attached to or is part of a building, ten feet above the roof of the building. However, this limitation does not apply to signs existing on November 1, 1967. (1967, No. 333 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1969, No. 92, § 10, eff. April 19, 1969; 1971, No. 115, § 2, eff. April 26, 1971; 1983, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1993, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)