1981-07-07 RM Exhibits
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF NEW
HANOVER AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
ADOPTED OCTOBER 6, 1969
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY DOTH ORDAIN:
Section 1. That the Zoning Ordinance of the County of New Hanover adopted
October 6, 1969, as amended, be, and the same is hereby further amended as follows:
I. Amend Section 94-2 Outdoor Advertising Signs by deleting Subsections
1 through 8 and adding the following:
(1) Each outdoor advertising sign shall require a permit.
(2) No outdoor advertising sign shall be closer than four hundred
(400) feet from a place of worship, nor two hundred (200) feet
from a school, public park, or residential zone as measured
along the same side of the street from the closest point of
said use to the sign structure.
(3) No outdoor advertising sign shall be closer than four hundred
(400) feet from a place of worship nor two hundred (200) feet
from a school or public park as measured from the closest point
of said use across the street to the sign structure.
(4) No two (2) outdoor advertising sign structures shall be spaced
less than one thousand (1000) feet apart. This minimum dis-
tance between signs shall be measured along the nearest edge
of the pavement between points directly opposite the sign along
each side of the highway and shall apply to signs located on
the same side of the highway.
(5) No outdoor advertising sign shall be located closer than one
hundred fifty (150) feet from an imaginary line running from
the center of any existing outdoor advertising sign structure
perpendicular across all streets immediately opposite the sign.
(6) All outdoor advertising signs shall be set back at least ten
(10) feet from any right-of-way or property line. All out-
door advertising signs shall be fifty (50) feet from a right-
of-way intersection.
(7) The area of an outdoor advertising sign shall not exceed four
hundred fifty (450) square feet. In no case shall the sign
exceed forty (40) feet in length.
(8) No outdoor advertising sign shall exceed forty (40) feet in
height, measured from the finished grade of the property or
the finished grade of the nearest roadway, whichever is
higher, to the top of the sign structure, including border
trim. Roof top outdoor advertising signs are prohibited.
(9) An outdoor advertising sign shall be considered as one sign
structure when it is designed to be viewed from:
a) One direction and consists of a single sign face placed
in such a manner to be viewed by one directional flow of
traffic, or
b) Two directions and consists of two sign faces arranged
either back-to-back or in a v-shape. V-shaped or back-
to-back signs shall not be considered as one sign struc-
ture if located more than fifteen (15) feet apart at the
nearest points.
In no case shall there be more than one (1) sign face per
directional flow of traffic.
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(10) The backs of all outdoor advertising signs shall be painted
in a neutral color to blend with the surrounding area and
to prevent the reflection of car lights and sun light.
(11) Sign messages which advertise a discontinued activity or
use of a building or premise shall be removed within
sixty (60) days from the date the activity or use was ter-
minated. Signs advertising events such as shows, displays,
festivals, circuses, fairs, athletic contests, dances, fund
drives, elections, exhibits, meetings, conventions and the
1 i ke sha 11 be removed withi n thi rty (30) days after the
date of termination of such event.
(12) Any lawfully erected outdoor advertising sign which is made
nonconforming by this ordinance or amendment to it may con-
tinue to exist as such at the time when the sign became non-
forming.
II. Amend Section 50-2, Table of Permitted Uses, by adding:
Outdoor Advertising as a Permitted Use in the A-I Airport Industrial
District.
Section 2. Any ordinance or any part of any ordinance in conflict with this
ordinance, to the extent of such conflict, is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance is adopted in the interest of public health, safety,
morals and general welfare of the inhabitants of the County of New Hanover, North
Carolina, and shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption.
Adopted this
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July
, 1981.
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