New Orleans City Code § 134-201 Limitations of outdoor advertising signs and devices.
Sec. 134-201. - Limitations of outdoor advertising signs and devices.
(a) No outdoor advertising nor outdoor advertising signs or devices shall be erected, operated or maintained within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highways of this state located in the city, except the following:
(1) Directional and other official signs and notices, as defined and regulated by R.S. 48:461 et seq.
(2) Signs, displays and devices advertising activities conducted on the property upon which they are located.
(3) Signs, displays and devices advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they are located.
(4) Signs, displays and devices located in areas which are zoned industrial or commercial under authority of law.
(b) For purposes of this section, the definition contained in R.S. 48:461 et seq., shall apply to the extent a definition herein is not more restrictive.
(c) No sign allowed by this section shall be located in the city in such a manner as to obscure or in any manner physically interfere with the effectiveness of an official traffic-control device, nor in such a manner as to interfere with a driver's view of approaching, merging or intersecting traffic.
(1) No two structures allowed under subsection (a)(4) of this section shall be spaced less than 500 feet apart, if within 660 feet of and visible from an interstate highway or freeway system;
(2) No two structures allowed under subsection (a)(4) of this section shall be spaced less than 100 feet apart, if within 660 feet of and visible from any federal aid primary highway;
(3) The spacing of signs required in subsections (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section shall not apply to structures separated by buildings or other obstructions in such manner that only one sign is visible at any one time from the subject controlled highway.
(Code 1956, § 3-14)