[R.O. 2008 §225.400; Ord. No. 2257, 10-12-2004]
The purpose of these regulations is to encourage the effective
use of billboards as a means of communication, to maintain and enhance
the aesthetic appearance of the City and to facilitate and improve
pedestrian and vehicular traffic safety. These regulations are intended
to promote the public health, safety and general welfare through a
minimum amount of reasonable rules, regulations and standards. This
Article is further intended to allow for the identification of places
of commerce, the communication of public and commercial information
necessary for efficient and safe traffic movement; to allow for the
freedom of speech in a manner consistent with the substantial interests
of the City and its government; to protect the public from the dangers
of unsafe signs; to lessen hazardous situations, confusion and visual
clutter caused by a proliferation of signs competing for the attention
of pedestrian and vehicle traffic; and to enhance the attractiveness
and economic well-being of the City of Olivette.
[R.O. 2008 §225.410; Ord. No. 2257, 10-12-2004]
Billboards that meet all requirement of the Missouri Billboard
Act and all the requirements of this Article shall be permitted in
industrially and commercially zoned areas in the City; however, all
billboards must be located within six hundred sixty (660) feet of
the nearest edge of the right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway
(as defined by the Missouri Department of Transportation) and visible
from the main traveled way of the highway.
[R.O. 2008 §225.420; Ord. No. 2257, 10-12-2004]
A.
No
permit to allow a billboard to be newly erected shall be issued by
the City unless and until the applicant has obtained a permit issued
by the Missouri Department of Transportation.
B.
An
application for a sign permit for any billboard shall be submitted
to the Building Official and shall include and be accompanied by plans
that show the size and shape of the sign, the location of the proposed
sign, the setbacks from surrounding properties, the type of illumination
and proposed lighting, the colors to be used in the sign, the materials
used to construct and the method used to support the sign.
C.
Permits
to allow a billboard to be erected shall require construction to begin
within six (6) months from date of issue and shall require construction
to be completed within twelve (12) months from date of issue.
[R.O. 2008 §225.430; Ord. No. 2257, 10-12-2004]
A.
Size, Height And Mounting Of Billboards. In order to provide
a safety zone to prevent injury and minimize property damage from
collapse of billboards, the size, height, placement and mounting of
billboards shall be regulated as follows:
1.
The maximum area for any one (1) sign shall be eight hundred (800)
square feet with a maximum vertical dimension of thirty (30) feet
and a maximum horizontal dimension of seventy-two (72) feet, inclusive
of border and trim, but excluding the base or apron, supports and
other structural members.
2.
The maximum size limitations shall apply to each side of a sign structure
and signs may be placed back to back, double faced or in V-type construction
with not more than two (2) displays to each facing, but such sign
structure shall be considered as one (1) sign.
3.
No sign shall be located on the roof of a building or on a non-sign
structure.
B.
Spacing. No billboard structure shall be erected within
one thousand (1,000) feet of an existing billboard on the same side
of a highway designated as an interstate highway or freeway on the
Federal-aid primary system. No billboard shall be erected within one
hundred (100) feet of an existing sign or billboard. The measurements
in this Section shall be the minimum distances between billboard structures
measured along the nearest edge of the pavement between points directly
opposite the signs along each side of the highway and shall apply
only to billboard structures located on the same side of the highway
involved.
C.
Obstruction Prohibited. No billboard shall be located in
such manner as to obstruct or otherwise physically or visually interfere
with the effectiveness of an official traffic sign including directional
signs, signals or device or obstruct or physically interfere with
a motor vehicle operator's view of approaching, merging or intersecting
traffic.
D.
Lighting And Landscaping Of Billboards. To ensure that the
structure promotes convenience and enjoyment of highway travel, preserves
the natural scenic beauty of highways and adjacent areas and is safe
and secure from trespassers or vandals, the lighting and landscaping
of billboards shall comply with the following rules:
1.
Prior to issuance of a City permit for erection of a billboard, the applicant shall submit and receive from the Planning and Community Design Commission approval as noted by Chapter 425, Community Design-General of this Title, of a lighting and landscape plan depicting the landscaping, billboard lighting and fencing around the proposed billboard to ensure that the structure will be aesthetically compatible with its surroundings and the aesthetic standards of the community and neighboring property and safety concerns.
[Ord. No. 2576 §12, 3-8-2016]
2.
No revolving or rotating beam or beacon of light that simulates any
emergency light or device shall be permitted as part of the billboard.
No flashing, intermittent or moving light or lights will be permitted
except scoreboards and other illuminated signs designating public
service information, such as time, date or temperature or similar
information, will be allowed.
3.
External lighting, such as floodlights, thin line or gooseneck reflectors,
are permitted, provided the light source is directed upon the face
of the sign and is effectively shielded so as to prevent beams or
rays of light from being directed into any portion of the main traveled
way of the highway and the lights are not of such intensity so as
to cause glare, impair the vision of the driver of a motor vehicle
or otherwise interfere with a driver's operation of a motor vehicle
and such lights shall be effectively shielded so as to prevent beams
or rays of light from being direct onto adjacent property.
4.
No billboard shall be so illuminated that it interferes with the
effectiveness of, or obscures, an official traffic sign, device or
signal.
5.
The maximum average lighting intensity level for such sign shall
be twenty (20) foot-candles.
E.
Setback Requirements. In order to provide a safety zone
to prevent injury and minimize property damage from collapse of a
billboard, no billboard structure shall be erected:
1.
Within three hundred (300) feet of a residential property line;
2.
Within one hundred (100) feet of the road right-of-way or the property
line of the lot on which the billboard structure is located;
3.
Within one hundred (100) feet of any existing building;
4.
Within five hundred (500) feet of any park, playground, school, library,
hospital or place of worship;
5.
Within ninety (90) feet of an overhead power line.
[R.O. 2008 §225.450; Ord. No. 2257, 10-12-2004]
Any billboard which, because of lack of maintenance, upkeep,
vandalism, accumulation of litter, refuse or debris or the deterioration
of landscaping, lighting or fencing, becomes unsightly or unsafe is
hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be subject to abatement
by the City in the same manner all other nuisances on private property.
