§ 10.5. General provisions.

(a)

Location restrictions. Except as otherwise provided for herein, off-premises outdoor advertising shall be permitted only in the B (Business), C (Commercial) or M (Manufacture) zoning district(s) as defined in the City of Patterson Zoning Ordinance and depicted on the accompanying City of Patterson Zoning Map.

(1)

All off-premises outdoor advertising shall be located on private property, with the sign face of the structure set back from the property line a minimum of five (5) feet.

(2)

In the industrial zoning district(s), no off-premises outdoor advertising shall be located on a building site in which there is any type of vacant or occupied residential structure.

(3)

No off-premises outdoor advertising shall be allowed within five hundred (500) linear feet measured perpendicularly from the right-of-way along each side of LA Hwy. 182 for its entire length within the corporate boundaries of the City of Patterson;

(4)

No off-premises outdoor advertising structure shall be located in such a manner as to prevent a driver from having a clear, unobstructed view of traffic signs and approaching, merging, or intersecting traffic and driveways;

(5)

No off-premises outdoor advertising structure shall be permitted to project into the direct line of vision of any official traffic control signal, from any point in a moving traffic lane of highway or street within six hundred sixty (660) feet of and approaching such signal.

(b)

[Maximum area of sign face.] The maximum area of a sign face, including border and trim, shall be four hundred (400) square feet.

(c)

[Maximum number of sign faces.] No support structure shall exceed two (2) sign faces, which must be placed either back to back or in a V-type position.

(d)

Spacing requirements. For the purpose of spacing, each side of a two-lane thoroughfare shall be considered conjointly; each side of a four-lane thoroughfare shall be considered separately with the following spacing requirements:

(1)

A junior panel sign shall be located no closer than one thousand (1,000) linear feet, measured along a thoroughfare, to any other off-premises outdoor advertising sign;

(2)

A standard poster panel sign shall be located no closer than one thousand (1,000) linear feet, measured along a thoroughfare to any other off-premises outdoor advertising sign;

(e)

Height limitations. The maximum height of any off-premises outdoor advertising structure shall be forty-five (45) feet, measured from ground level to the highest point of the sign.

(f)

[Illumination.] Signs may be illuminated, subject to the following provisions:

(1)

No revolving or rotating beam or beacon of light shall be permitted as part of any sign. Flashing devices shall not be permitted upon any sign; however, illuminated signs which indicate customary public information such as time, date, and temperature, or other similar information shall be permitted.

(2)

External lighting, such as floodlights, thin line, and goose neck reflectors, is permitted, provided the light source is directed onto 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 a traveled way.

(g)

[Building code compliance.] All off-premises outdoor advertising/signs shall be constructed in accordance with the building code of the City of Patterson. The structural elements of all signs shall be constructed of steel.

(Ord. No. 565, § 5, 7-2-2002)