§ 3-49. Spacing.

Property facing on the interstate roadway system and major thoroughfares and all other roads and streets within the rural and unincorporated areas of the parish where off-premises outdoor advertising is permitted shall be subject to the following spacing restrictions:

(1)

For the purpose of these regulations, each side of the interstate roadway or other thoroughfare shall be considered separately.

(2)

V-type or back-to-back sign faces on the same structure with an angle between them of not more than 90 degrees shall be considered two signs.

(3)

On the interstate roadway system and all other thoroughfares, no two off-premises outdoor advertising structures shall be spaced less than 1,000 feet apart.

(4)

The distance between outdoor advertising structures on the same thoroughfare shall be measured along the nearest edge of the pavement between points directly opposite the structures.

(5)

Any other provisions hereof notwithstanding, no off-premises outdoor advertising structure oriented to one road shall be spaced less than 250 feet from another or roadway surface off-premises outdoor advertising structure oriented to an intersecting street, measured in a direct line between the structures, regardless of which side of the road the signs are located on.

(6)

All off-premises outdoor advertising shall be set back either a minimum of ten feet from any street right-of-way or 20 feet from the edge of street pavement, whichever is greater, and shall not be located within or over any public right-of-way.

(7)

No off-premises outdoor advertising structure shall be located in such a manner as to obscure or otherwise physically interfere with the effectiveness of an official traffic sign, signal or device, or obstruct or physically interfere with the driver's view of approaching, merging or intersecting traffic.

(Ord. No. 17-87, § 3D, 3-23-87; Ord. No. 11-37, 7-25-11)