Billboards shall be prohibited in all Districts except the CG and AM Districts. In the CG and AM Districts, billboards shall be considered special exceptions and shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet in area (per sign face); shall be setback a minimum of two hundred (200) feet from the right-of-way, and a minimum one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from any residential Zoning District or existing residential use. There shall also be a minimum of one thousand (1,000) feet between billboards. Billboards shall maintain a maximum height of forty-five (45) feet and not less than ten (10) feet above ground level of the surface directly below the sign. Notwithstanding the above, if the elevation of the roadway from which the billboard is intended to be viewed (as measured at the centerline of the roadway at the point in closest proximity to the billboard) is more than fifteen (15) feet different from the elevation of the ground level directly below the sign, then such roadway elevation shall be used for measuring the permitted height of the billboard. Billboards may be back-to-back, double faced, "V" type and/or multiple faced with not more than two (2) faces facing the same direction, and such structure shall be considered as one (1) billboard, provided that the area of all faces toward one (1) direction shall not exceed six hundred (600) square feet. In areas not adjacent to roadways on the Federal Aid Primary Highway System, billboards shall not have more than one (1) face per structure toward each direction. Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit the changing or alteration of the display surface of any billboard using mechanical, electronic, or other available technology.
(Ord. 15-23. Passed 8-14-23.)