Council will discuss amending the township’s sign ordinance at its Monday, July 23, work session, starting at 6:30 p.m. Public input is welcome. An initial discussion took place for 40 minutes before Council’s last meeting on Monday, July 9.
Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh says judging by recent words (and action taken by Councilman George Borek in the spring, WW-P News, April 13) Council is not certain of which way it will go with the sign ordinance. Hsueh’s main concern is that certain members of Council are not fully aware of the exposure businesses need in West Windsor to attract customers. He says for months the council members have been asking Sam Surtees, West Windsor’s municipal land use manager, why the township “has only presented the business side of the story.”
“The answer is very simple: so far the planning board, zoning board, and township has seen all the complaints received coming from the business community. The proposal we have, prepared by Sam Surtees, reflects all of the comments. But this is the reason it’s up to Council to have open meetings with different perspectives to say which make sense and which do not,” Hsueh said.
At the Monday, July 9, work session Surtees told Council that signs for businesses located in homes must be only “name-plate size.” Signs that can be allowed in the right of way will be discussed on July 23. Also, after Maher probed about a few examples of eyesores along Princeton-Hightstown Road, Surtees informed Council any illuminated or neon signs that appear in a home’s front windows are illegal.
