Stafford Township, NJ Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

Section 211-35P(3) defines a window sign as a wall sign affixed to a window of a building. The wall sign definition itself covers signs on the outside walls, windows or facade of a building. Window signs appear in the Building signs group of Table 1 in § 211-35P(5), titled Sign Bulk Requirements by Zone for Nonresidential Zoning Districts, Permanent Signage.

The Window line prints two rows. The first, labelled Area, maximum or lesser of, gives a square-foot figure by district: 200 in BP, 27 in CC, 200 in HC, 150 in HMC, 9 in LB, 36 in MC, 9 in MU and 15 in RB. The second, Area, as percent of window area, prints 25 in each of those eight districts. The label ties the square-foot figure to the percent row beneath it. The C column prints N/A, and the NC3, NMC3 and RMC columns print NP, so Table 1 gives those districts no window sign allowance. The table's key lists the abbreviations as Not Permitted and Not Applicable.

Temporary signs have their own subsection. Under P(6), a temporary sign needs a permit, one temporary sign is allowed on a site unless the zone permits additional signage for the number of permitted uses, the maximum is 16 square feet, and temporary signs must be nonilluminated and cannot be attached to trees or utility poles. Under P(4)(d), no temporary sign face can be located within five feet of any property or street line. Under P(7), signs placed for 60 consecutive days or less are exempt from the permit requirement if they stay within 16 square feet and six feet in height, are ground mounted and are nonilluminated, and each must be marked in the top right corner with indelible ink noting the date it was posted.

Signs in residential, preservation and other noncommercial zones follow the particular zone sections (P(11)(a)). Under P(4)(a), unless the section says otherwise, erecting or altering any sign requires a sign permit, and P(4)(g) and (h) keep signs out of sight triangles and rights-of-way.