(A) Required conformance. All billboards within the Village of West Alexandria shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(B) Permitted locations. Billboards may be erected on free-standing structures only in the AG Agricultural Conservation District and the I-1 Light Industrial District. Billboards may be erected on any side or rear building wall in the AG Agricultural Conservation District, B-1 General Business District, B-2 Neighborhood Business District, B-3 Central Business District and the I-1 Light Industrial District.
(C) Number of faces. Free-standing billboards can be double-faced and each side shall be considered as facing traffic flowing in the opposite direction.
(D) Maximum height. The top of a free-standing billboard shall not extend more than 25 feet above the grade of the street.
(E) Required spacing. No billboard shall be located closer than 1,500 feet to another billboard facing traffic flowing in the same direction.
(F) Maximum sign area. The maximum sign area permitted for a free-standing billboard shall not exceed 150 square feet of total area. The maximum sign area for a wall billboard shall not exceed 10% of the wall area or 150 square feet of total area, whichever is less.
(G) Structural design. Structures for free-standing billboards shall be of vertical (cantilever) construction and where the back of the sign is visible it shall be suitably painted or otherwise covered to present a neat and clean appearance.
(H) Lighting. All lighting used in the illumination of billboards shall be adequately shielded or shaded, and properly directed so as to not cast direct light upon public streets and/or adjacent and surrounding properties.
(I) Required setback from street. All free-standing billboards shall be set back from right of-way lines a minimum distance of 100 feet along all state highways designated as such on the Official Zoning District Map, and the required front yard setback along all other streets.
(J) Setback from residential uses and districts. No billboard shall be located closer than 500 feet to any residential zoning district or 200 feet from any existing residential dwelling.
(Ord. 652, passed 11-8-1999)
(Prior Code, § 1288.15)