2011-02 AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE - ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS - SIGNAGE IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS

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h. Off-premise electronic message unit signs shall adjust brightness in response to changes in light levels so that the signs are not unreasonably bright for the safety of the motoring public and the comfort of the neighboring residential uses. The spillover at any property line shall not exceed 0.5 foot-candles. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2008-48) i. All off-premise electronic message unit signs must be connected to the Emergency Communications Systems which may override any display at any time. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2008-48) j. For every one (1) off-premise sign converted to an off-premise electronic message unit sign within City limits, it shall be required to remove one-thousand and five-hundred (1,500) square feet of existing off-premise signs and/or existing non-conforming signage in the Core Area. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2008-48) k. Off-premise signs shall be allowed only on properties with frontage upon the following local streets and marked State, County and Federal highways. Where more than one (1) such marked highway shares the same roadway, the provisions of both highways as enumerated below shall apply. i. U. S. 36, except that portion between Union Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. ii. U. S. 51 (Busn.), except those portions of North Main/South Main streets and Franklin Street/North Water Street between Grand Avenue and Decatur Street. iii. IL 121. iv. IL 48, north of Pershing Road and south of the Sangamon River. v. IL 105, between 22nd Street and 32nd Street and between 34th Street and Brush College Road. vi. IL 105, between U. S. 51 (Busn.) and IL 48. vii. Macon County Hwy. 1 (Brush College Road), north of IL 105. viii. I-72. 10. Interstate signs. Lots located within 250 feet of the centerline of Interstate 72 that are zoned B-2, B-3, M-1 or M-2 and have a minimum of 150 feet of frontage adjacent to the interstate may increase the area of a freestanding sign along the interstate frontage to 200 square feet and 60 feet in height. No interstate sign may be located within 200 feet of another interstate freestanding sign. One interstate freestanding sign is permitted per lot and shall not be counted towards the total number of freestanding signs permitted for a single lot.