Size and intensity standards.
Columbus City Codes § 3378.02
in effect3378.02 - Size and intensity standards.
This chapter establishes generally more restrictive standards for any billboard larger than 400 square feet in area than those that apply to any billboard which is 400 square feet or less. The following standards, pertaining to size and intensity shall apply:
A. A billboard structure shall be of the ground sign or wall sign type only. Projecting and roof-mounted billboards shall be prohibited.
B. The maximum size for each allowable facing of a billboard shall be 672 square feet or the size allowed by this Graphics Code for the specific billboard location, whichever is less.
C. Each billboard shall be comprised of a maximum of two facings which shall be installed back-to-back, parallel to each other and no more than ten degrees from perpendicular to the street to which the billboard is directed. Where the street design, natural topography, buildings or other permanent objects will screen or obscure one of the facings, that facing may be omitted.
D. A maximum of two sign faces facing in the same direction shall be permitted on the same billboard, provided that they are equal in size and separated by one and one-half feet. Their total combined area shall not exceed 600 square feet or the graphic area allowed at that location, whichever is less.
E. A billboard display may utilize embellishments, subject to the following limitations:
1. For a billboard larger than 400 square feet, the total area of all embellishments on each facing shall not exceed 25 percent of the approved graphic area and shall not extend beyond the top of the approved sign face by more than six feet, nor extend beyond the sides and bottom of the approved sign face by more than two feet.
2. For a billboard 400 square feet or less, the total area of all embellishments on each facing shall not exceed 15 percent of the approved graphic area and shall not extend beyond the top of the approved sign face by more than four feet, nor beyond the sides and bottom of the approved sign face by more than one and one-half feet.
(Ord. 2837-96 § 6 (part).)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT33ZOCO_CH3378BIOTOEMSI_3378.02SIINSTFetched: 10/27/2026