N.J. Admin. Code § 16:41C-10.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 16:41C-10.1 - General provisions

(a) An existing nonconforming sign may remain at its permitted location provided that it meets the following conditions:

1. The sign was lawfully erected and is maintained in accordance with its approved permit;

2. The sign has not been removed, deemed abandoned by the Department, or totally destroyed; and

3. The support structure, sign faces, lighting, and location of the sign are the same as they were on the effective date of the adoption, revision, or amendment of the ordinance, statute, or regulation that rendered the sign nonconforming.

(b) Cutouts and/or extensions may not be added to a nonconforming sign. However, the advertising surface of a nonconforming sign may be reduced (and later rebuilt) to allow for cutouts and/or extensions to be added within its permitted rectangular envelope.

(c) Customary maintenance of a nonconforming sign is allowed.

(d) The improvement of a nonconforming sign including, but not limited to, the following, is prohibited:

1. A change in the physical location of the sign;

2. The increase of the height of the sign support structure;

3. The change in the type of materials of the sign support structure, such as, but not limited to, a change from wood to steel or a change from lumber to wooden pilings or a change from steel I-beams to a steel monopole;

4. The removal and re-erection of the sign support structure;

5. A change in the number, alignment, configuration, elevation, or size of a sign face(s), except as allowed in (b) above;

6. The conversion of a static sign to an off-premise multiple message sign;

7. The addition of lighting to a sign whose approved application does not include lighting; and

8. Any work performed on a sign that has been deemed abandoned by the Department or has been totally destroyed. This does not include the removal of an abandoned or destroyed sign.

N.J. Admin. Code § 16:41C-10.1

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 540(a), effective 3/2/2015