Billboards are permitted only in those areas which are within 500 feet of U.S. 131 Expressway (defined as the area measured from the nearest edge of the right-of-way of said freeway and extending 500 feet perpendicularly and then along the line parallel to the right-of-way line on both sides of the freeway) subject to the following conditions:
(A) Parcel must be zoned commercial or industrial;
(B) Double-faced billboard structures (i.e., structures having back to back billboard faces) and V-type billboard structures having only one face visible to traffic, proceeding from any given direction on a street or highway shall be considered as one billboard. Additionally, billboard structures having tandem billboard faces (i.e., two parallel billboard faces facing the same direction and side by side to each other) or stacked billboard faces (i.e., two parallel billboard faces facing the same direction with one face being directly above the other) shall be considered as one billboard. Otherwise, billboard structures having more than one billboard face shall be considered as two billboards and shall be prohibited in accordance with the minimum spacing requirement set forth in division (C) below;
(C) No billboard shall be located within 1,000 feet of another billboard measured in any direction;
(D) No billboard shall be located within 250 feet of a residential zone;
(E) No billboard shall be located within 50 feet from the property line adjoining a public right-of-way, or ten feet from any interior boundary lines of the premises upon which the billboard is located;
(F) Billboards may be constructed to a maximum size of 672 square feet per face; provided, they are located within 100 feet of a freeway right-of-way. Any billboard placed farther than 100 feet, but not more than 500 feet, from the freeway right-of-way, shall not exceed 64 square feet per face;
(G) The height of a billboard shall not exceed 35 feet above:
(1) Grade of the ground on which the billboard sits; or
(2) The grade of the abutting roadway, whichever is higher.
(H) A billboard may be illuminated provided such illumination is concentrated on the surface of the sign and is located to avoid glare or reflection onto any portion of an adjacent street or highway, the path of on-coming vehicles or any adjacent premises; and
(Prior Code, Ch. XV, § 12.12.13) (Ord. 2011-9, passed 11-14-2011) Penalty, see § 157.999