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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD.3054.09-16-2002BILL NO. 02-183 ORDINANCE NO. L AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 30-41 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO BILLBOARDS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: ARTICLE 1. Section 30-14 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, reading as follows: Sec. 30-41. Billboards. (a) Billboards shall be allowed only on parcels of land bordering the following streets: I-55 Route K William Street Independence Street Broadway Highway 74 Kingshighway from Bouldercrest Drive to the South city limits. (b) No billboard shall be placed within five hundred (500) feet of another billboard. This paragraph shall not apply to billboards which are located on opposite sides of the street to which the billboard is oriented. (c) No billboard shall be placed within thirty (30) feet of a street. (d) No billboard shall be placed within one hundred (100) feet of a residential structure. (e) For purposes of placing billboards, a V -type billboard or a back-to-back type of billboard shall be considered one (1) billboard. (f) No billboard shall be located in such a manner as to obscure an official traffic sign, signal or device, or obstruct a driver's view of approaching or intersecting traffic. (g) The maximum area of a billboard sign face shall be three hundred (300) square feet. The maximum length of a billboard sign face shall be thirty (30) feet wide. (h) There shall be a minimum clearance of ten (10) feet from grade of the street to which the billboard is oriented to the bottom of a billboard sign face. There shall be a maximum height of thirty (30) feet from grade of the street to which the billboard is oriented to the top of a billboard sign face. (i) Billboards may be illuminated, subject to the following restrictions. (1) No revolving or rotating beam or beacon of light shall be permitted as part of any billboard. Flashing devices shall not be permitted upon a billboard. However, illuminated billboards which indicate customary public information, such as time, date, temperature or other similar information shall be permitted. (2) External lighting, such as floodlights, thin line and gooseneck reflectors, are permitted, provided the light source is directed on the face of the billboard and is effectively shielded so as to prevent beams or rays of light from being direct into any portion of the street. (3) The illumination of any billboard within one hundred (100) feet of a residential zone shall be diffused or indirect in design to prevent direct rays of light from shining into adjoining residential district. (j) The following billboards shall not be permitted to remain or to be erected. (1) Billboards which have been erected without a building permit. (2) Billboards which are not clean and in good repair. (3) Billboards which appear to attempt to regulate, warn, or direct the movement of traffic or which interfere with, imitate, or resemble any official 2 traffic sign, signal or device. (4) Billboards which are erected or maintained upon trees or painted or drawn upon rocks or other natural features. (5) Billboards which are nonconforming and damaged or destroyed to an extent of more than sixty (60) percent of fair market value. (6) Billboards that prevent ingress or egress from any doors, windows, or fire escapes. Billboards that are attached to a standpipe or fire escape. ... 5.. ....... iere i :::::r.� ea.I' ::: :::a :s::::: :n.t:iret-y.., and a new Section 30-41 is .......................... .................................................... hereby enacted in lieu thereof, in words and figures, to read as follows: Sec. 30-41. Billboards. Billboards shall be erected only upon approval of a Special Use Permit, as set out in Sec. 30-39, Special Use Regulations. In addition to the requirements of Sec. 30-39, the following regulations apply to the erection of Billboards: (a) Billboards shall be allowed only in the C-2, C-3, C-4, M-1 and M-2 Zoning Districts. (b) Billboards shall be allowed only on parcels of land bordering the following streets: Interstate 55 William Street (Route K) - west of Kingshighway Missouri Route 74 - west of Kingshighway Kingshighway from Bouldercrest Drive south to Interstate 55 (c) No billboard shall be placed within fourteen hundred (1400) feet of another billboard. This paragraph shall not apply to billboards which are located on opposite sides of the street to which the billboard is oriented. (d) No billboard shall be placed within thirty (30) feet of a street right-of-way. 9 (e) No billboard shall be placed within one hundred (100) feet of a property line of a property which is used for residential purposes. (f) For purposes of placing billboards, a V -type billboard or a back-to-back type of billboard shall be considered one (1) billboard. Sign faces of less than one hundred and fifty (150) square feet may be placed between billboard faces at the apex of the "V" or across the rear of the "V", but no such sign shall be oriented toward a street upon which billboards are not allowed. The angle of all sign faces shall be oriented so that they are between 750 and 900 to the street on which the billboard is permitted. (g) No billboard shall be located in such a manner as to obscure an official traffic sign, signal or device, or obstruct a driver's view of approaching or intersection traffic. (h) The maximum area of a billboard sign face shall be three hundred (300) square feet. The maximum length of a billboard sign face shall be thirty (30) feet. The maximum total sign face area of a billboard shall be six hundred (600) square feet. (i) There shall be a minimum clearance of ten (10) feet from grade of the street to which the billboard is oriented to the bottom of a billboard sign face. There shall be a maximum height of thirty (30) feet from grade of the street to which the billboard is oriented to the top of a billboard sign face. (j) Billboards may be illuminated, subject to the following restrictions: (1) No revolving or rotating beam or beacon of light shall be permitted as part of any billboard. Flashing devices shall not be permitted upon a billboard. However, changeable copy signs, such as those used for time and temperature displays, shall be permitted, but shall not be permitted to operate in a flashing or scrolling manner. (2) External lighting, such as floodlights, thin line and gooseneck reflectors, are permitted, provided the light source is directed on the face of the billboard and is effectively shielded so as to 0 (k) prevent beams or rays of light from being directed into any portion of the street. (3) The illumination of any billboard within one hundred (100) feet of a property line of a property which is used for residential purposes shall be diffused or indirect in design to prevent direct rays of light from shining into adjoining residential districts. The following billboards shall not be permitted to remain or to be erected: (1) Billboards which have been erected without a building permit. (2) Billboards that employ any stereopticon or motion picture projection, or any portion of which gives the illusion of motion. This includes any electronic graphic signs or video displays, but does not include signs that contain changeable copy, such as time and temperature. (3) Billboards which are not clean, not in good repair, not structurally sound, or obsolete (billboards shall not be considered obsolete solely because they temporarily do not carry an advertising message). (4) Billboards which appear to attempt to regulate, warn, or direct the movement of traffic or which interfere with, imitate, or resemble any official traffic sign, signal or device. (5) Billboards which are erected or maintained upon trees or painted or drawn upon rocks or other natural features. (6) Billboards which are nonconforming and damaged or destroyed to an extent of more than sixty (60) percent of the replacement cost. (7) Billboards that prevent ingress or egress from any doors, windows, or fire escapes. (8) Billboards that are attached to a standpipe or fire escape. 5 ARTICLE 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. ARTICLE 3. It is the intention of the governing body and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the sections of this Code may be renumbered to accomplish such intention. ARTICLE 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect ten days after its passage and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS ,�` f,, DAY OF 20 ATTEST: -4 Gayle Conrad City Clerk Jay B. Knudtson, Mayor