§ 3378.04 — Spacing requirements

3378.04 - Spacing requirements.

This section regulates the minimum separation between billboards to control the frequency which they appear in the urban landscape, as well as to optimize the effectiveness of each individual billboard. The spacing requirements contained herein are divided into two levels: A radial spacing between all billboards, regardless of size, and a lineal spacing between billboards larger than 400 square feet in area. These spacing requirements shall be measured from all existing, approved billboard locations, whether built or unbuilt, or from the proposed location, whichever is most restrictive and regardless of the political jurisdiction within which any other billboard may be located. The street to which a billboard is directed shall be that street which is most nearly perpendicular to the sign faces. A. Each billboard shall be separated from every other billboard by no less than 500 feet, measured along the radius beginning at the center of the proposed billboard and extending to a point nearest to center of every other approved billboard. B. Each billboard designed and constructed with a graphic area greater than 400 square feet shall be separated from every other billboard along the street to which the display is directed by no less than 1,320 feet. This spacing requirement shall be measured linearly along the center line of the street to which the billboard is directed and the measurement shall apply to both sides of the street. C. In addition, there shall be no more than three billboards larger than 400 square feet in graphic area situated in any one measured mile along the street to which the billboards are directed.

(Ord. 2837-96 § 6 (part).)