[Ord. No. 03-2010 §1, 2-8-2010]
Signage within the City of Louisiana designated Downtown Historic District shall adhere to and comply with the sign requirements, restrictions and regulations as designated and listed for the Downtown Historic District in the Historic Preservation Section of the Louisiana Zoning Code, Chapter 405.
[Ord. No. 03-2010 §1, 2-8-2010]
A.
Provisions
applicable to shopping centers as otherwise provided for and permitted
in the Louisiana City Code of Ordinances.
1.
Pedestal signs.
a.
Two (2) pedestal signs or any combination thereof shall be allowed.
Directory signage shall be an integral part of the monument signage
or pole signage and shall identify the name of the shopping center
and at lest one (1) of the entities operating therein.
b.
Size and height. A maximum sign area of sixty-four
(64) square feet shall be allowed. No pedestal or billboard sign shall
exceed a height of fifteen (15) feet from its surrounding grade.
2.
Wall signs. Each building or tenant space may have
a maximum wall sign width no greater than thirty-six (36) inches.
Height of a wall sign is not to exceed forty-eight (48) inches and
shall not be placed above the roof line. Secondary identification,
slogan or other relevant signage may be utilized in conjunction with
the principal signage of the major building or tenant of the shopping
center, whichever is smaller, as long as the total allowable signage
area, dimensions and percentages are not exceeded.
[Ord. No. 03-2010 §1, 2-8-2010]
A.
Sign
regulations for planned business or planned industrial sites shall
not be less restrictive than those regulations contained in this Chapter,
except that planned business or planned industrial site proposals
containing multiple lots, multiple buildings and/or multiple tenants
shall be considered on a site specific basis when such proposals include
construction of new buildings. When this criteria is met by a proposal,
a sign design plan will be submitted containing detailed requirements
for the lettering, illumination, colors, materials, location and sign
type to be used within the development. The sign design plan shall
be incorporated into the ordinance governing the specific planned
business or planned industrial site after all such signage has been
approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and is granted by the
City Council. Approval of the sign design plan shall be determined
by the follows criteria:
1.
Is compatible with the surrounding area;
2.
Is appropriate for the activity identified;
3.
Is legible in the circumstances in which it is to be seen;
4.
Shall not detract from the appearance of the surrounding area and
the community as a whole; and
5.
Shall not constitute a safety hazard to pedestrians or vehicular
traffic.
[Ord. No. 03-2010 §1, 2-8-2010]
A.
Billboard Signs. The following standards, provision, requirements
and restrictions shall apply to all billboard signs within the corporate
limits of the City of Louisiana, Missouri:
1.
Any application for a permit to erect and operate a billboard sign
shall be accompanied with scaled site plan and plans that include
structural drawings, foundation specifications, wind load calculations,
electrical requirements and a survey depicting the distance between
the proposed billboard sign and existing billboard signage installed
as of the date of the subject application. Should such site be one
over which the State of Missouri has authority, such plans shall be
sealed by an engineer licensed and registered in the State of Missouri.
If such site is one under the authority of the State, no building
permit shall be issued until a valid State of Missouri permit has
been issued to the applicant.
a.
Permitted zones. Billboard type signs may only be
applied for and permitted in "I-1", "I-2" Industrial and "AG" Agricultural
zones.
b.
Size. Not to exceed eight hundred (800) square
feet per sign face.
c.
Maximum height. Thirty (30) feet at its highest
point above the elevation of the adjacent roadway.
d.
Dimensions. Sign face including border and trim
shall be no greater than seventy-two (72) feet in width.
e.
Type. Only single-sided and back-to-back or "V"
type construction billboards with a single display per facing are
allowed.
f.
Zones prohibited. "R-1", "R-2" Residential, "B-1",
"B-2" Business.
2.
No billboard sign may be placed any closer than one thousand four
hundred (1,400) feet to another billboard sign on the same side of
U.S. Highway 54.
3.
No billboard sign may be placed within one thousand four hundred
(1,400) feet of an intersection, all measured at the closest point
of the intersection to the closest portion of the subject billboard
sign.
4.
Minimum setback as measured from all points of the billboard sign
shall be one thousand (1,000) feet from all residential zones, as
well as any public use district or a registered historical site or
historical district.
5.
Minimum setback as measured from the nearest point of the billboard
sign shall be ninety (90) feet from any permanent structure.
6.
Minimum setback as measured from all points of the billboard sign
shall be one hundred (100) feet from any public or private right-of-way
or easement, public or private road, public or private driveway, public
or private parking lots or railroad tracks or sidings.
7.
Billboard sign illumination shall be installed only so as to reasonably
illuminate the subject billboard sign face and shall be directed and
back-shielded to transmit light only to said billboard face to a degree
that it does not create a light pollution visual nuisance. No perimeter,
strobe-lighting or other attracting type of lighting may be operated
in conjunction with a billboard sign.
8.
Billboard signs shall not be placed or operated so as to create a
safety, traffic, health or hazardous condition.
9.
Any application received for billboard signs intended to replace
existing billboard signage shall be regulated by these provisions
and any other applicable regulations normally applied to new billboard
sign applications.
10.
No regulations in this Section or any portions thereof are intended
or to be construed as being less restrictive that State or Federal
regulations.
B.
Legally Non-Conforming Billboards. The following standards,
provisions, requirements and restriction shall apply to all legally
non-conforming billboards within the City:
1.
Notification of non-conformity. After the enactment
of this Chapter, the Building Inspector shall as soon as practical
survey the City for billboards that do not conform to the requirements
of the Chapter. Upon determination that a billboard is non-conforming,
the Building inspector shall notify either personally or in writing
the owner of the property on which the billboard is located of the
following:
2.
Any billboard located within the City limits on the date of adoption
of this Chapter or located in an area annexed to the City thereafter,
which does not conform with the provisions of this Chapter, is eligible
for characterization as a legal non-conforming sign, if the sign was
in compliance with applicable law on the date of adoption of this
Chapter.
3.
Loss of legal non-conforming status. A legal non-conforming
billboard shall immediately lose it legal non-conforming status if:
a.
The billboard is altered in any way whatsoever.
b.
The billboard structure is moved or relocated for any reason any
distance whatsoever.
c.
If any billboard sign lacks a commercial advertisement or public
service message for a period exceeding sixty (60) days, regardless
of intent to resume use of same, it shall be considered a discontinuance
of use and must be removed within thirty (30) days of receiving written
notice from the City. Advertisement of space available for the respective
billboard shall not constitute compliance with this Subsection.
d.
Should any non-conforming billboard be destroyed by any means to
an extent of up to sixty percent (60%) of its surface area or structure,
it shall not be reconstructed, except in conformance with the requirements
of this Code.
e.
On the occurrence of any one (1) of the above, the sign shall be
immediately brought into compliance with this Code with a new permit
secured therefore or such sign shall be removed pursuant to the Section
on sign removal.
4.
Ordinary maintenance or repair of an exiting billboard to a safe
condition shall not be cause to classify the sign as a new sign.
C.
Billboard Sign Extensions.
1.
The total square footage of billboard sign extensions may not exceed
twenty-five percent (25%) of the billboard sign face area for which
such extensions are sought.
2.
Such extensions shall not protrude more than three (3) feet from
the billboard sign face.
3.
As billboard sign extensions vary in their presence, absence and
placement based on specific advertising copy, such extensions shall
not be considered when calculating billboard sign face area or height
requirements.
4.
The sign contractor shall provide evidence to the City that the extensions
are structurally sound and do not create or intensify any potentially
hazardous or injurious conditions.
5.
Billboard sign extension shall be operated only as a component of
specific advertising copy, which use shall expire with the removal
of said specific advertising copy and are not intended to become a
permanent portion of the billboard structure or sign face area.
6.
These provisions shall equally apply to conforming and legally non-conforming
billboard signage.
