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July 14, 2021 edition. Later amendments are not incorporated into this copy. Municipal source ↗ · Download full document · Markdown

ContentsPage 76 — 3.04.13 II-1 INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE OVERLAY DISTRICT

Page 76 — 3.04.13 II-1 INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE OVERLAY DISTRICT

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3.04.13 II-1 INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE OVERLAY DISTRICT

A. District Description:

This district is an overlay district, provisions of which are designed to recognize the unique circumstances created at the points at which local, state, and federal streets and highways intersect with the Federal Interstate System of Highways. The intent of this district is to provide for the placement of on-premise business signs, appropriate in size and scale to their setting, for the purpose of attracting high-speed interstate travelers to exit the interstate. The overlay district applies to all property located within 2,500 feet of the right-of-way of I-75 Interchanges Exit 49 and Exit

52. Except as may be altered by the provisions of 3.04.13, all other provisions of this ordinance relating to permitted uses within the underlying zoning district, and all other applicable provisions of 4.12 Signs, Billboards, and other Advertising Structures, and all other applicable provisions of this ordinance shall apply.

B. Signs: Except as set out below, all signs located within the II-1 District shall meet all applicable provisions of 4.12 Signs, Billboards, and other Advertising Structures of this ordinance.

C. Interstate/Interchange Monopole Signs:

(1) Individual parcels, any portions of which are located within 2,500 feet of the right-of-way of Interstate I-75 Interchanges (Exit 49 and Exit 52), shall be permitted one (1) and only one (1) Interstate/Interchange monopole sign; provided however, that the Interstate/Interchange monopole sign must be located on that portion of the parcel lying within the II-1 district. No more than one (1) back-to-back sign shall be placed upon any Interstate/Interchange monopole sign. The faces of a back-to-back Interstate/Interstate monopole sign shall be situated so that both sides cannot be seen simultaneously from any point.

(2) The sign area of the Interstate/Interchange monopole sign shall not exceed four hundred fifty (450) square feet.

(3) The maximum height of the Interstate/Interchange monopole sign shall be one hundred (100) feet above the mean centerline elevation of the Interstate I-75 at the point nearest the sign.

(4) The Interstate/Interchange monopole sign shall not be placed within the front yard of any permitted use. The side yard setback shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet and twenty (20) feet from the rear property line. The measurement of setbacks shall be measured from

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