Zoning Ordinance

(i) The light intensity of a Digital Billboard shall have a monitor to allow it to automatically adjust for natural ambient light conditions.

(j) Owners of Digital Billboard will coordinate with the City of Athens to convey real time emergency information such as Amber Alerts or National Disaster Directives.

(k) A Digital Billboard shall be stationary and not contain any visible moving parts.

(l) Using industry standards, daytime brightness levels shall be no more than 90% maximum intensity. At night the brightness shall be reduced to no more than 20% of the maximum light intensity for an LED (light emitting diode) sign.

(m) Digital Billboards shall conform to the standards and specifications outlined in the International Building Code as amended in the edition most recently adopted by the City.

(n) Digital Billboards shall not be lit externally, but instead only lit internally.

(o) Digital Billboards can only be placed in the City’s B-3 Intensive Business District, I-1 Light Industrial District, and the I-2 Heavy Industrial District.

(p) If there is a conflict within any other title within the Athens City Code concerning Digital Billboards, the provisions within Title 14, Chapter 2, Section 4.12.B. of the Zoning Ordinance shall control.

C. In the R-E, R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-4 Districts, the following regulations shall apply:

1. Nameplates indicating name, address, house number, announcement of boarders or roomers, or customary home occupations are permitted;

2. For apartment buildings, identification signs not exceeding nine (9) square feet in area are permitted;

3. Church, school, or public building bulletin boards or identification signs, not exceeding twenty (20) square feet in area are permitted;

4. Flashing or intermittent illumination is prohibited;

5. Billboards and other advertising structures are prohibited;

6. Allowed signs shall be placed no closer to any property line than one-half the required building setback distance.

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