(a) The following section establishes ten (10) Billboard/Off-Premises Sign Opportunity Overlay Districts:
(1) Interstate Opportunity Overlay District: Interstate 29 (I-29) bound by Interstate 90 (I-90) and Interstate 229 (I-229); Interstate 90 (I-90) bound by Marion Road and Interstate 229 (I-229); Interstate 229 (I-229) bound by Interstate 90 (I-90) and Interstate 29 (I-29).
(2) West 12th Street/East 10th Street/Arrowhead Parkway Opportunity Overlay District: The West 12th Street/East and West 10th Street/Arrowhead Parkway Billboard/Off-Premises Sign Opportunity Overlay District shall comprise the area bound by Skunk Creek on the west and Six Mile Road on the east. This opportunity district also includes portions of West 11th Street bound by South Menlo Avenue and South Phillips Avenue; East 11th Street bound by South Phillips Avenue and South Franklin Avenue.
(3) Minnesota Avenue Opportunity Overlay District: Minnesota Avenue bound by West 60th Street North on the north and Interstate 229 on the south.
(4) West 41st Street Opportunity Overlay District: West 41st Street bound by South Marion Road on the west to South Minnesota Avenue on the east.
(5) North Cliff Avenue Opportunity Overlay District: North Cliff Avenue bound by Interstate 90 on the north and East Rice Street on the south.
(6) South Cliff Avenue Opportunity Overlay District: South Cliff Avenue bound by East 10th Street on the north and East 26th Street on the south.
(7) South Western Avenue Opportunity Overlay District: South Western Avenue bound by West 41st Street on the north and Interstate 229 (I-229) on the south.
(8) West 26th Street/South Louise Avenue Opportunity Overlay District: West 26th Street bound by the east side of South Marion Road to South Louise Avenue; South Louise Avenue bound by West 26th Street and Interstate 229 (I-229) on the south.
(9) Russell Street Opportunity Overlay District: Russell Street from Interstate 29 on the west to Minnesota Avenue on the east.
(10) 60th Street North Opportunity Overlay District: 60th Street North bound by Interstate 29 on the west to North Cliff Avenue on the east.
(b) Billboard/Off-Premises Sign Opportunity Overlay District Standards: In addition to the general standards, the following standards shall apply:
(1) Billboard/Off-Premises Sign Opportunity Overlay District changes, expansions, or contractions shall be considered a zoning district change and shall follow the process of a change in zone. Notwithstanding the public notice requirements in §§ 160.653 and 160.654, the city shall not require the applicant to post signs, and the measurement for letters to provide written notice to surrounding property owners shall be from the right-of-way line of the proposed opportunity district.
(2) A lot contiguous with the right-of-way described as the opportunity district shall be considered in the opportunity district.
(Ord. 88-15, passed 9-1-2015; Ord. 5-24, passed 1-9-2024; Ord. 32-24, passed 4-2-2024)