Town of Beekman

BEEKMAN BANS INTERNALLY-LIT SIGNS:

Anticipating future development in town, Beekman officials want to make sure store signs are more uniform and don't distract drivers.

The town board recently voted unanimously to revise its sign regulations.

"What we're looking for is a little more conformity, a little more formality," town Planner Neal Townsend said.

A major change is the prohibition of internally-illuminated signs throughout town.

The existing signs in Beekman that do not conform to the new rules can remain in place for five years. After that, they must be brought into compliance.
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Store owners will be limited to choice of sign colors from a historical palette — such as Benjamin Moore's Middlebury brown, Hale navy, Yorktowne green and Garrison red — for background colors.

Permissible lettering colors include Philadelphia cream, Bleeker beige, Coventry gray and Revere pewter.

Comparable choices from other paint manufacturers may be acceptable.

The architectural review board has the final say on what signs are permissible.

The updated law also establishes a process for enforcing the sign regulations.

If a violation is not corrected within 15 days of notification, a sign owner can be fined up to $500.

Sign permits can be applied for in the zoning administrator's office in town hall.