Monroe Township (Middlesex County), NJ Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)

Digital and electronic billboards are not addressed by name in the Monroe Township Code (Middlesex County), so the governing rules are the general sign prohibitions in Chapter 108, Land Development, § 108-10.1. Subsection G opens by listing signs that are prohibited in all zones in the Township. Item (2) bans moving or revolving signs and any sign using blinking, flashing, vibrating, flickering, tracer or sequential lighting. Item (3) bans outside neon lights and any material which sparkles or glitters. Item (4) bans any sign that, in the judgment of the Chief of Police, unreasonably tends to distract drivers or constitutes a traffic hazard, and item (1) bans red, yellow and green lights that, in the Chief of Police's judgment, interfere with a traffic control signal. Item (9) bans signs advertising a product or service not sold on the premises, and item (17) states that billboards and other advertising signs, fixed or portable display, are prohibited in all districts.

Illuminated signs that are permitted face a separate shielding rule in subsection E(2): neon is prohibited for all exterior uses, and every illuminated sign must be properly shielded and located to prevent glare or blinding effects upon motor vehicle traffic and so as not to cause a nuisance to residents of the area. The code classifies a place as a low illumination area when the average maintained footcandle level at night is 1.5 footcandles or less, and as a high illumination area above 1.5 footcandles. Subsection A(1) adds that any sign not specifically permitted is prohibited.

A second provision sits in § 108-7.2(A)(18), which lists standards for advertising structures. An advertising structure shall be located within 100 feet of the New Jersey Turnpike right-of-way, with a maximum height of 25 feet, a maximum length of 60 feet and an overall height not exceeding 45 feet from grade, and it must comply with the state Roadside Sign Control and Outdoor Advertising Act and N.J.A.C. 16:41C. It can contain an off-premises advertisement, and billboards must sit no closer than 1,000 feet to a residential zone line or use, including the PRC or PRGC zone. The code prints this standard and the all-districts prohibition without reconciling them, and neither mentions digital faces. The Zoning Officer administers and enforces the chapter under § 108-14.1.