10-4-4 Signs
Unofficial copy. It may be out of date. Not legal or zoning advice. Zoning rules change, and only the city or county can say for sure what is allowed on a property. Confirm with the city or county planning department before you buy, sign or build.
The official Randolph code is at https://www.townofrandolphut.gov/town-council.htm.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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A. Sign Area Requirements: The sign area allowed per building façade will be calculated as follows: two (2) square foot of sign area per two (2) linear feet of building frontage as well as the following provisions:
1. Commercial Buildings or Uses: Maximum of two hundred (200) square feet
2. Industrial Buildings or Uses: Maximum of one hundred (100) square feet
3. Additional sign area can be considered through a conditional use if it is for a franchise establishment that requires certain sign sizes.
4. Historical signs are exempt from these requirements.
5. Home Occupations shall be allowed to up to thirty-two (32) square feet of signage.
B. Free Standing Signs: Each Project/Lot is allowed one (1) free standing sign that must adhere to the following:
1. Design or Type: Pole, Monument, Changeable copy 2. Size:
a. Pole Sign: Maximum sixty-four (64) square feet b. Monument Sign: Maximum forty-eight (48) square feet c. Changeable Copy: Maximum thirty (30) square feet
3. Height Restrictions: a. Pole sign: Maximum of twenty (20) feet from final grade. b. Monument Sign: Maximum of height of eight (8) feet from final grade, or twenty (20’) feet for multi-tenant signs. c. Changeable Copy: maximum height of twelve (12) feet from final grade.
4. Location: Within the Commercial and Industrial Zones a minimum of ten (10) feet from any property line or right-of-way. Home Occupations sign locations will require notification of the placement of the sign on the property and will be approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission at the time of application and approval.
5. Illumination: Any illumination of signs shall be internal or diffused so as to eliminate any direct light to penetrate onto adjacent or nearby residential property.
C. General Restrictions: No light, sign or other advertising structure shall be erected at the intersection of any streets that may:
1. obstruct motorists and pedestrians from viewing oncoming or intersecting traffic;
2. by reason of the position, shape or color, interfere with, obstruct the view of, or be confused with any authorized traffic sign, signal or device;
3. make use of the words, “stop”, “look”, “danger”, or any word, phrase, symbol, or character in such a manner as to interfere with , mislead or confuse traffic
D. Signs on Public Property: No sign shall be erected on, or project over, publicly owned land, except signs erected by a public agency for the information, direction and safety of the general public.
E. Real Estate Signs: No real estate signs shall be located within fifteen (15) feet of the edge of an adjacent road surface, or no closer than the existing fence line that is parallel to the road, whichever distance is less to the road surface.
F. Nonconforming Signs: If major changes occur to a nonconforming sign the sign shall be required to conform or be removed.
The regulations of this section are intended to apply to both on-premises and off-premises signs, but do not apply to hand held placards and other similar devices traditionally used for public protest and the exercise of free speech. It is not the intent of this chapter to regulate the content of public speech.