Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- 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, or residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.1,500 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.
- Billboards prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in residential zones
Billboards and off-premises signs in areas zoned as residential.
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.