(A) Permitted locations. Areas where non- electronic/digital advertising signs are permitted:
(1) In A-1 Agriculture Zone;
(2) In C-2 Community Business, C-3 General Business, M-1 Light Industrial and M-2 General Industrial Zoned Areas; and
(B) Areas where advertising sign, including electronic/digital signs, are permitted:
(1) In C-2 Community Business, C-3 General Business, M-1 Light Industrial, M-2 General Industrial, and M-3 Rural Industrial Zoned Areas.
(C) Setback requirements.
(1) In A-1 Agriculture Zone District adjacent to the interstate and federal aid primary system: 660 feet from right-of-way;
(2) In A-1 Agriculture Zone District adjacent to other than interstate and federal aid primary system: 50 feet from the right-of-way;
(3) In A-1 Agriculture Zone District: all sign structures shall be located at least 20 feet from adjoining property lines; and
(4) In Commercial and Industrial Zone Districts: the minimum setback from established right-of-way lines and adjoining property lines shall be as far as the requirements for a principal building in the district where located.
(D) Space of signs.
(1) No advertising sign structure shall be permitted within 300 feet of any building used as a residence or any resident district.
(2) No advertising sign or structure shall be within 500 feet of any of the following: public park entrance, public or parochial school, library, church, any museum or historical monument, any safety rest or recreation area, any sanitary or other facility for the accommodation of the motorist, publicly owned, controlled and maintained.
(3) On the interstate and limited access highway.
(a) No sign structure shall be erected within 500 feet of another sign structure on the same side of the highway.
(b) No sign structure may be located adjacent to or within 500 feet of an interchange, intersection at grade or rest area, said 500 feet to be measured along the interstate or limited access highway from the beginning or ending of pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the main traveled way.
(4) On other routes of the federal aid primary system, no sign structure shall be erected within 300 feet of another sign structure on same side of the highway.
(5) Official and on premises signs shall not be counted, nor shall measurements be made from them for purposes of determining compliance with spacing requirements.
(6) The minimum distance between signs shall be measured along the nearest edge of the pavement between points directly opposite the signs along each side of the highway.
(E) Size of signs.
(1) In A-1 Agriculture Zone District, if the sign structure is beyond 660 feet of the right-of-way of interstate and federal aid primary system, the maximum area for any one advertising sign shall be 2,000 square feet exclusive of any border, trim, base, supports and the like. The height shall not exceed 30 feet and the length shall not exceed 80 feet.
(2) The maximum area for any one advertising sign in other areas adjacent to interstate and federal aid primary systems where permitted, shall be 1,000 square feet exclusive of any border, trim, base, support and the like. The maximum height shall be 25 feet and the maximum length shall be 60 feet.
(3) The maximum size of advertising signs where permitted adjacent to highways other than the interstate and federal aid primary systems shall not exceed 600 square feet exclusive of any border, trim, base, support and the like. The sign shall not exceed 25 feet in height and 50 feet in length.
(4) The sign structure may contain one or two advertisements per facing, not to exceed the maximum area.
(5) Double faced structures will be permitted with the maximum area being allowed for each facing.
(F) Lighting.
(1) Signs which contain, include or are illuminated by any flashing, intermittent or moving light are prohibited, except those giving public service information such as time, date, temperature, weather or similar information.
(2) Signs which are not effectively shielded to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at any portion of the traveled ways, and which are of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or to impair the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle, or which otherwise interfere with any driver’s operation of a motor vehicle, are prohibited.
(3) No sign shall be so illuminated as to obscure or interfere with the effectiveness of an official traffic sign, device or signal.
(4) All other state laws relating to lighting of signs presently applicable to highways shall be met.
(Ord. passed 3-10-1993; Ord. 2023-02, passed 4-12-2023)