A. Signs Not Allowed: Within the SOD signage overlay district, no off premises signs are allowed in the following areas:
1. Area A on the official zoning map generally described as all the land in the SOD east of Locust Street from Grandview Avenue north to Camp Street north of the U.S. Highway 61/151 right of way and the extension of Railroad Avenue east of U.S. 61/151 right of way east to the city's corporate limits;
2. Area B on the official zoning map generally described as all the land in the SOD west of Locust Street from the intersection of Locust Street and Southern Avenue north to Dodge Street and extending west to the upper bluff line;
3. Area C is eliminated as it lies entirely within the Port Of Dubuque PUD; and
4. Area D on the official zoning map generally described as all the land in the SOD east of the shoreline of Peosta Channel, including Schmitt Island.
B. Sign Standards: Within the SOD signage overlay district, off premises signs in the following areas shall be subject to the standards set forth in section 16-15-12 of this title:
1. Area X of the official zoning map generally described as all the land in the SOD east of Locust Street from Camp Street north to Dodge Street and the Julien Dubuque Bridge, and extending east to the railroad right of way;
2. Area Y on the official zoning map generally described as all the land in the SOD west of Locust Street from Dodge Street north to 1st Street and east of Locust Street from Dodge Street north to 3rd Street extending west to Freeway 61/151; and
3. Area Z on the official zoning map generally described as all the land in the SOD east of Freeway 61/151 from the 3rd Street Overpass, including its extension east to the corporate limits, north to Peosta Channel, and extending easterly and northerly to the city's corporate limits, including all lands within the shoreline of the Dove Harbor Peninsula, except for that land within six hundred sixty feet (660') of the easterly edge of the Freeway 61/151 right of way from the 3rd Street Overpass north to the extension of 8th Street (area G on the official zoning map).
C. Other Areas: Off premises signs in all other areas on the official zoning map (E, F, G) in the signage overlay district (SOD) shall meet the standards as set forth in section 16-15-12 of this title or set forth in this section, whichever are more restrictive.
1. Height: No portion of any sign or sign structure within six hundred sixty feet (660') of the Freeway 61/151 right of way shall be visible to a person of normal visual acuity traveling on Freeway 61/151, but in no event higher than twenty five feet (25').
2. Size: Three hundred (300) square feet.
3. Spacing: Five hundred feet (500') (linear measurement for signs visible to oncoming traffic).
D. Variance: The zoning board of adjustment may grant a variance to increase the standards pertaining to height and size or reduce spacing requirements for any lawful sign. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)