New outdoor advertising signs shall be allowed only along Federal Aid Primary (FAP) (U.S. Route 150 and Illinois Route 47) or Federal Aid Interstate (FAI) (Interstate 74) routes, as designated by IDOT, as of January 1, 1998, in areas zoned commercial, or industrial and within 500 feet of either side of FAP/FAI routes.
(A) Outdoor advertising sign (OAS) facing interstate Highway I-74. If an outdoor advertising sign (OAS) is directed primarily towards users of a highway in the National Interstate and Defense Highway system (i.e., Interstate Highway I-74); within 500 feet of the right-of-way of the highway; and more than 500 feet from any residential district, school, park, church, hospital, nursing home or other outdoor advertising sign, then the sign may be erected to a height as to be visible from a distance of one-half mile on the highway or a maximum height of 45 feet, whichever is less, and the sign may have an area not greater than 300 square feet. These regulations do not apply to outdoor advertising signs facing federal aid-primary (FAP) Highways. “Interstate Highways” and “Federal Aid Primary (FAP) Highways” are as used in the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 (ILCS Ch. 225, Act 440, §§ 1 et seq.) as of January 1, 1998.
(B) Outdoor advertising signs (OAS) facing FAP routes 150 and 47.
(1) Maximum number of signs: one wall-type sign per wall provided no other exterior wall signs are on display. Two freestanding signs per outdoor advertising sign structure.
(2) Maximum area of sign:150 square feet (back-to-back displays shall be deemed to be a single structure).
(3) Maximum height: for wall sign, not to project above roofline or edges of wall upon which sign is mounted; for freestanding sign, 30 feet in commercial and industrial districts.
(4) Not to be located within 150 feet of any Residential, Conservation, Forest Preserve or Agriculture Zoning District. Shall not be located within 300 feet of any other freestanding or wall-mounted outdoor advertising sign structure.
(C) Compliance. Compliance with these regulations, or those contained in the Illinois Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971, as amended (ILCS Ch. 225, Act 440, §§ 1 et seq.), whichever is stricter, shall be required.
(Ord. passed 7-23-2002)