Billboard signs shall only be permitted in the GB and M Districts and shall be subject to the following regulations, which are in addition to the zoning ordinance regulations otherwise applicable and not in conflict herewith.
(A) Billboard sign size. The face of a billboard sign shall not be greater than 14 feet in vertical dimension nor greater than 50 feet in horizontal dimension, and shall not contain more than two signs per facing.
(B) Distance between billboard signs. The minimum distance between billboard signs shall be as specified below.
(1) Linear spacing between billboard signs. The minimum distance between billboard signs located along and oriented toward the same public street shall be 1,000 feet, subject to the following.
(a) The spacing requirement shall be applied regardless of whether the signs are on the same side of the street.
(b) The spacing requirement shall be applied continuously along a street to all signs oriented toward that street in either direction whether the signs are in the same block or are in different blocks separated by an intersecting street.
(c) For purposes of applying the spacing requirement to billboard signs, pole, roof, wall, ground and projecting signs shall be treated the same, whether double-faced or single-faced.
(d) Billboard signs located at the same intersection are not in violation of the minimum spacing requirement specified in this section because of their nearness to one another if they are located so that their messages are directed toward traffic flowing in different directions.
(2) Radial spacing between billboard signs. In no event shall any point of a billboard sign or sign structure be closer than 500 feet from any point of any other billboard sign or sign structure regardless of location or orientation.
(3) Method of measurement. The method of measurement of the spacing between billboard signs oriented toward the same street shall be along the centerline of the street to which the sign is oriented from the point in the street’s centerline closest to the leading edge of the sign.
(C) Distance from protected districts. No billboard sign shall be located within 350 feet of a protected district. For purposes of this section. Protected district shall include all residential districts, areas platted for residential use as part of a PUD ordinance, parks, schools and churches.
(D) Roof top billboard signs. Roof top billboard signs shall not be permitted in any zoning district.
(E) Billboard sign setback. Signs or sign structures shall be set back in accordance with the building setback lines required by the applicable zoning district.
(F) Construction of billboard signs. The supports, uprights, bracing and framework of an billboard sign shall be of steel construction.
(2004 Code, § 7-1404) (Ord. 2100, passed 4-7-2009)