18.80.070 Off-site signage.
(A) General. Off-site signage shall be permitted in accordance with the specific standards and criteria set forth in this section, as well as with the additional requirements and provisions of this title pertaining to all signage.
(B) Required Zoning Districts and Frontages. Off-site signage shall be permitted only on parcels zoned with a General Commercial (“C-2”) or Light Industrial (“L-I”) zoning classification which front along a major arterial street or minor arterial street, as classified by the transportation/circulation element of the City of San Luis General Plan, and its successors.
(C) Standards and Criteria for Off-Site Signage. Any off-site signage proposed for installation shall conform with the standards and criteria set forth in the following. The size and location of any off-site signage which already exists shall be considered when determining the amount and location of any new signage proposed for installation under these standards:
(1) Sign Face Area. The maximum sign face area shall not exceed 300 square feet.
(2) Sign Height and Vertical Clearance. The maximum sign height shall not exceed 35 feet. In all cases, a minimum ten-foot vertical clearance measured from street grade of the nearest driving lane to the lowest line of the sign face shall be required.
(3) Setback. The minimum setback from any portion of the sign face or sign structure shall be either 55 feet from the center line of the arterial street right-of-way or 15 feet from the right-of-way line, whichever produces the greater setback.
(4) Spacing. A minimum 600-foot distance, measured as a radius, shall be required between off-site sign installations. In addition, no more than four off-site sign installations shall be located within a linear mile measured along the same street, wherein the beginning point and ending point of such mile coincide with a section line.
(5) Method of Installation. Each off-site sign shall be erected as a freestanding sign installation as defined by this title. No off-site sign shall be erected on the wall or roof of any building.
(D) Prohibited Locations. Off-site signage shall be prohibited at any of the following locations:
(1) Less than 150 feet from the nearest property line of any residential zoning district;
(2) In any block where the front one-third of any lot or parcel used for residential purposes comprises 50% or more of the block frontage;
(3) Less than 1,500 feet from the exterior boundary of any federal, state, county, or municipal historic park, monument, or district; and
(4) Main Street south of Co. 22nd Street. (Ord. 312 § 2(16.6), passed 4-11-2012. Code 2012 § 152.261.)