Appendix 1010. Off-premises signs.

(a)

Zoning district, off-premise signs are allowed only within the following zoning district(s):

1.

Forest/Agriculture (FA).

2.

Highway Commercial (HC).

3.

Amusement Commercial (AC).

4.

Limited Industrial (LI).

5.

Heavy Industrial (HI).

6.

Reserved.

7.

Community Commercial (CC).

8.

Office/Professional/Institutional (OPI).

9.

PUD's containing the zoning districts listed above.

10.

Resort Commercial (RC).

11.

Commercial Recreation (CR).

12.

Retailing and Commercial Services (RSC).

13.

Transportation Related Services (TRS).

(b)

Spacing. Spacing between off-premise signs shall be measured linearly on the same side of the road. Off-premise signs shall meet the following spaces requirements:

1.

One thousand two hundred (1,200) feet apart in Highway Commercial (HC), Amusement Commercial (AC), Limited Industrial (LI), Heavy Industrial (HI), Community Commercial (CC), Office/Professional (OPI), PUD's, Resort Commercial (RC), Commercial Recreation (CR), Retailing and Commercial Services (RSC), and Transportation Related Services (TRS) containing these zoning districts, unless otherwise restricted within this article.

2.

One thousand eight hundred (1,800) feet apart in Forest/Agriculture (FA) zoning districts, unless otherwise restricted within this article.

3.

No portion of any off-premise sign shall be located within one thousand (1,000) feet from the centerlines of the Carolina Bays Parkway or any intersecting connector highway as determined by the zoning administrator including but not limited to, Bob Grissom Parkway (formerly Central Parkway), North Myrtle Beach connector, International Drive and all associated exit or entrance rights-of-way.

4.

No off-premise sign shall be located nearer than three hundred (300) feet from the property line of a church or place of worship, a cemetery, a public or private school, or a public park.

5.

No off-premise sign shall be located nearer than two hundred (200) feet to a signalized intersection of two (2) or more streets.

6.

No off-premise sign shall be located nearer than six hundred (600) feet, measured linearly following the road, to an elevated bridge abutment.

7.

Where state and federal standards are more stringent, those standards shall govern.

8.

In zoning districts that allow off-premise signs, there must be a legally permitted commercial structure within six hundred (600) feet measured in a radius from the center point of the proposed sign location or as regulated by current SCDOT or federal governmental requirements.

(c)

Size, height, and construction standards.

1.

The size of an off-premise sign shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet of sign surface. Cutouts may be added but may not increase the size of the sign by more than forty (40) square feet.

2.

Off-premise signs shall not exceed fifty (50) in height, measured from the highest part of the sign, including its supporting structure and the crown of the adjacent roadway.

3.

Stacking or triangulating sign faces shall not be permitted. Notwithstanding other provisions of this ordinance; all stacked or triangulated signs after this ordinance is enacted into law shall be discontinued and/or shall be removed, altered or otherwise made to conform within five (5) years of the adoption of this amendment [Ord. No. 71-04]. Off premise signs may only be back to back or "V" shaped no more than forty-five (45) degrees.

4.

The minimum height of any off-premise sign face over two hundred (200) square feet in area shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet measured from the lowest part of any sign face and the crown of the adjacent roadway.

5.

Off-premise signs shall be set back ten (10) feet from all property lines.

6.

A permitted off-premise sign may not use any sign face for on-premise advertising.

(Ord. No. 52-99, § 1, 5-18-99; Ord. No. 53-01, § 1, 6-19-01; Ord. No. 71-04, § 1, 9-7-04)