Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Billboards may be double-faced
may be double-faced.
- Maximum billboard area300 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Billboards and off-premises signs shall be no larger than 300 square feet and may be double-faced.
- Minimum distance from churchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached./cemetery/school/historical site/residential1,500 ft
no such signs shall be erected within 1,500 feet of any church, cemetery, school, historical site, or area zoned as a residential district.
- Minimum spacing between billboards500 ft
all billboards in permitted areas shall be erected no less than 500 feet apart from one another
Simulated traffic signs, glaring signs, flashing signs, signs on roofs, signs attached to trees/utility poles, signs obstructing vision, signs in public right-of-way, signs advertising illegal activities, balloons, signs on inoperative vehicles, A-frames and portable roadside signs.
From the ordinance
Billboards and off-premises signs in areas zoned as residential. Additionally, all billboards in permitted areas shall be erected no less than 500 feet apart from one another and no such signs shall be erected within 1,500 feet of any church, cemetery, school, historical site, or area zoned as a residential district. Billboards and off-premises signs shall be no larger than 300 square feet and may be double-faced.