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ORDINANCE 6/111
An Ordinance to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance adopted by
the Board of Commissioners of Richmond County and the City Council of
Augusta effective November 15, 1983, entitled "An Ordinance to Readopt
and Reconfirm the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance adopted March 25,
1963, by the Board of Commissioners of Richmond County and the City
Council of Augusta, by amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance,
Section 28-B, Signs.
THE AUGUSTA COMMISSION HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is amended by deleting the
following from Section 28-B, Signs:
Section 28-B-1O
(D) Spacing between off-premise signs. There shall be no more than one (1)
off-premise outdoor advertising sign having more than thirty-two (32)
square feet of surface area for each seven hundred and fifty (750) feet of
frontage on each side of any roadway. No off-premises outdoor
advertising signs shall be located on roadways designated as part of the
Interstate Highway System within 500 feet of an interchange, intersection
grade, or safety rest area.- The foregoing 500 foot zone shall be measured
along the interstate highway from the point at which the pavement
commences or -ceases to widen at exits from or entrances to the main
traveled way., No off-premises outdoor advertising signs shall be located
less than three hundred (300) feet from any other off-premises outdoor
advertising sign in any direction.
SECTION II - That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is amended by adding the
following to Section 28-B, Signs.
(D) Spacing between off-premise signs. There shall be no more than one (1)
off-premises outdoor advertising sign having more than thirty-two (32)
square feet of surface area for each seven hundred and fifty (750) feet of
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frontage on each side of any roadway, Any off-premises outdoor
advertising sign located within five hundred (500) feet of the right-of-way
line of the subject roadway shall be considered to be on the roadway,
regardless. of whether the sign faces or is oriented toward the subject
roadway or toward another roadway, and regardless of whether or not
there are intersecting streets. No off-premises outdoor advertising sign
shall be located less than three hundred (300) feet from any other off-
premises outdoor advertising sign in any direction.
The Interstate Highway System shall be defined as any prop'erty that lies
within six hundred and sixty (660) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-
way of an Interstate Highway. Off-premise outdoor advertising signs in
this area must be permitted by the Georgia Department of Transportation.
For purposes of this Ordinance, any off-premise outdoor advertising sign
located in this area shall be considered to be a part of the Interstate
Highway System regardless of whether the sign faces the Interstate
Highway or is oriented toward the Interstate Highway or toward another
roadway, and regardless of whether or not there are intersecting streets.
No off-premises outdoor advertising sign shall be located on roadways
designated as part of the Interstate Highway System within five hundred
(500) feet of an interchange, intersection grade, or safety rest area. The
foregoing 500 foot zone shall be measured along the Interstate Highway
from the point at which the pavement commences or ceases to widen at
exits from or entrances to the main traveled way.
SECTION III. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Done in Open Meeting under the Common Seal thereof this 7th
day of
AlI~lIst
,2001._.
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APPROVED THIS 7th day of August
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Published in the Augusta Chronicle August 16, 2001
1st Read~ng July 18, 2001
2nd Reading August 7, 2001