(A) Upon the effective date of this chapter, all existing billboards will be allowed. After the effective date, division (B) of this section will regulate all new billboards.
(B) Billboards (including all off-premises advertising signs) are prohibited in this city except by special use permit in the commercial, heavy industrial, and light industrial zones as designated by the Zoning Ordinance. A maximum of 25 billboards are allowed within this jurisdiction at any 1 time.
(1) No billboard shall:
(a) Exceed 60 square feet in area, excluding city billboards;
(b) Be stacked on top of another billboard; but billboards may be placed back to back or in a “V” type construction with not more than 1 graphic to each facing;
(c) Be located closer than 2,000 feet to any other billboard on the same side of the roadway or within 1,000 feet to any other billboard; or
(d) Extend more than 30 feet above the ground or pavement.
(2) All billboards must be set back from all property lines a minimum of 20 feet or the overall height of the sign and supporting structure, whichever is greater.
(1983 Code, § 18.5-122) (Ord. 2944, passed 10-4-2001) Penalty, see § 153.999