New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › STATE ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 66 - CASINO REINVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TOURISM DISTRICT LAND DEVELOPMENT RULES › Subchapter 5 - ZONE DISTRICT USE STANDARDS › Section 19:66-5.7 - Signs

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Purpose. The
				  regulation of signs by this section is intended to promote and protect the
				  public health, safety, and welfare of the Tourism District by creating a more
				  attractive economic and business climate within the commercial, resort, and
				  industrial areas of the Tourism District by enhancing and protecting the
				  physical appearance of all areas of the Tourism District and by reducing the
				  distractions, obstructions, and hazards to pedestrian and auto traffic caused
				  by the indiscriminate placement and use of signs.
(b) Scope. This subchapter shall govern and
				  control the erection, enlargement, expansion, alteration, operation,
				  maintenance, relocation, and removal of all signs within the Tourism District
				  visible from any street, road, sidewalk, public, or private property. Any sign
				  not expressly permitted by this section shall be prohibited. This section
				  relates to the location of signs, by function and type, within zoning districts
				  and shall be in addition to provisions of the City building code and the City
				  electrical code applicable to the construction and maintenance of
				  signs.
(c) A CLUC shall be required
				  as follows:
1. Except as expressly provided
				  in this section, no sign shall be erected, enlarged, expanded, altered, or
				  relocated unless a CLUC evidencing the compliance of such work with the
				  provisions of this subchapter and other applicable provisions of this chapter
				  shall have first been issued, provided, however, that routine sign maintenance,
				  changing of parts designed to be changed or changing the content of a sign in
				  any manner, which does not change the functional classification of the sign
				  shall not, standing alone, be considered an alteration of the sign requiring
				  the issuance of a CLUC.
2. Every
				  application for a CLUC for a sign shall be accompanied by a copy of plans and
				  specifications showing the method of construction, illumination, and support of
				  such sign and a sketch, drawn to scale, showing signs faces, exposed surfaces,
				  and the proposed message and design accurately represented as to size, area,
				  proportion, and color; by black and white photographs of the street sides of
				  the property in question, showing all existing signs on the property; by a
				  calculation of the total amount of sign area presently existing on the
				  property; and by the applicant's attestation that the number of and the sum of
				  the areas of the requested sign or signs and the existing signs do not exceed
				  the maximum allowable by the provisions of this chapter.
3. Upon receipt of an application, the items
				  submitted therewith shall be reviewed by the land use administrator to
				  determine if the essential elements of the application have been satisfied. If
				  the application is incomplete, the land use administrator shall deny the permit
				  and advise the applicant of the deficiencies within 10 business days. An
				  application for a CLUC shall be approved or disapproved within 10 working days
				  after it is received by the land use administrator in accordance with the
				  provisions of this chapter. The CLUC shall be sent to the applicant with a copy
				  to the City construction official and City clerk.
4. Any non-compliant signage will require a
				  variance application and a hearing, where the applicant must provide the
				  statutory proofs in accordance with the applicable MLUL standards.