§ 17.37.600. Permitted signs (billboards).

A.

Billboards may be permitted in the C-C, C-F, C-S and I-S zoning districts subject to town approval and issuance of an administrative permit in addition to the following limitations:

1.

The sign face (poster panel) shall be limited to a display surface not to exceed one hundred (100) square feet.

2.

Not more than one single-sided or double-sided billboard panel shall be located at any site.

3.

Billboards shall not exceed sixteen (16) feet in height.

4.

Billboards shall not be closer than fifty (50) feet from the centerline of a street unless the administrative permit provides for installation closer than fifty (50) feet.

5.

Billboard sites shall be located at least five hundred (500) radial feet distance from any existing billboard of a size greater than one hundred (100) square feet; three hundred (300) radial feet from any other billboard. Separation distance requirements for benches displaying advertising other than those benches determined to be exempt from the provisions of this chapter shall be determined as a condition of an administrative permit approval, if required.

6.

Billboards shall not be permitted to be established upon properties located within the town adopted "Downtown Revitalization Master Plan Area.

B.

Nonconformance and Removal. Any billboard that does not conform to these regulations shall be removed pursuant to the schedule in this subsection, upon written notification to the owner of the property upon which the billboard is located that such nonconforming sign shall be removed.

In all zoning districts a nonconforming billboard shall be removed within three (3) years of notification by the town of such removal.

C.

Noncompliance. Any billboard located in an I-S zoning district which does not comply with the requirements of subsection A. of this section may remain as a nonconforming use; provided, that the billboard shall be removed if active use for outdoor advertising purposes ceases for a continuous period of twelve (12) months or more.

D.

Removal by the Town. If any billboard remains in place thirty (30) days beyond the time limits specified in subsections B. and C. of this section, the town may remove the sign at the discretion of the planning director, and shall require repayment of the costs of removal from the property owner. The planning director shall give written notice to the property owner as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll thirty (30) days prior to the removal of the sign.

E.

All owners of billboards required to remove a billboard as required by this section and all affected property owners shall be compensated for such removal as set forth in Section 5412 et seq. of the California Business and Professions Code.

(Ord. No. 497, § 14, 4-13-2010; Ord. No. 433, §§ 4, 5, 2-22-2005; Ord. 313, § 6(part), 1998; Ord. 362, § 13, 2001)