(a) Outdoor Advertising Signs and Billboards. Billboards within any B or M District shall be set back from the established right of way of any State or Federal highway, and from the right-of-way line of any other street or highway, at least as far as the required front yard depth for a principal building in such districts. Such outdoor advertising signs and billboards within any A District, or on land used for agriculture in any R District, shall be set back at least forty feet from such established right-of-way lines, provided that for every square foot by which such signs or billboards exceed eighty square feet, such setback shall be increased by one-half foot but need not exceed 100 feet, except that at the intersection of any State or Federal highway, major or secondary streets, the setback of any outdoor advertising sign or billboard shall not be less than 100 feet from the established right-of-way line of each such highway or street.
No such sign or billboard shall be permitted which faces the front or side lot line of any lot in any R District used for residential purposes within 100 feet of such lot line, or which faces any public parkway, public square or entrance to any public park, public or parochial school, library, church or similar institutions, within 300 feet thereof.
(b) Real Estate Signs. Real estate signs advertising improved property shall be set back from the front lot line one-half the distance required for a principal building in the district; other real estate signs shall be set back from every street line at least a distance in feet equal to one-half the number of square feet area of the sign, but such setback shall be not less than forty feet from the established right of way in any A or R District, nor less than the front yard depth required for a principal building in any B or M District. However, it need not be more than 100 feet in any case. No zoning certificate for the erection of real estate signs shall be required provided the provisions of this section are observed.
(Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)