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Bogota City Zoning Code

§ 21A-12.6

Billboards.

[Ord. #1087, SIII; Ord. #1153, S1]
Billboards are permitted as conditional uses on those nonresidential lots which abut the south side of the Interstate Highway Route 80 right of way provided that the following conditions are complied with:
a. 
No billboard shall have a sign area of more than eight hundred sixteen (816) square feet or shall be no more than seventeen feet by forty-eight (17' x 48') feet on each side of the billboard;
b. 
Only free standing billboards are permitted. No billboards shall be permitted to be attached to any building;
c. 
Billboards shall have no more than two (2) signs on the front and on the back of the billboard;
d. 
A minimum front yard setback for a free standing billboard shall be thirty (30') feet, except that where the lot on which the billboard is located adjoins a residential zone, the billboard shall be set back at a minimum of fifty (50') feet from a residential structure;
e. 
There shall be no more than one (1) free standing billboard per lot;
f. 
The minimum side and rear setbacks for free standing billboards shall conform to the minimum setbacks for accessory structures in the applicable zone, except as modified by this section;
g. 
The height of the billboard, including stanchions, shall comply with the height limitation for principal structures in the applicable zone, provided that where a billboard is within seventy-five (75') feet of a residential structure the maximum permitted height shall be fifty-seven (57') feet;
h. 
A minimum clearance of fifteen (15') feet from grade to the bottom of billboard must be provided, however, except that where a billboard is within seventy-five (75') feet of a residential structure, a minimum clearance of thirty (30') feet shall be required and a maximum clearance of forty (40') feet from grade to the bottom of the billboard shall be permitted;
i. 
Billboards shall be supported by vertical stanchions. Billboards supported on platforms with lattice work supports shall be prohibited;
j. 
All billboards shall comply with subsections 21A-13.1(b), (c), (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3), (d)(4), (d)(5), (d)(6) and (d)(7).