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Billboards and Other Off-Premises Signs 8,695 General . Bi 1 lboards are non-identity signs which advertise goods, pro acts or services which are not sold, manufactured or distri- buted on or from the premises or faci 1 i ti es on which the signs are located. Because the advertising of goods, products or services i s considered i nci - dental to the primary purpose of signs for identification, bi 11 boards are and y allowed along pri nci pal highways where they can provide i nformati an concerning goods, products or services to the traveling public, and along certain specified industrial arterials where they can be located without unduly adding to the density of signs, creating distractions, or conflicting with residential uses. 8.700 Regulations. Billboards and other off-premises signs shall conform tote o awing regulations: ~a} Si]lboards shall be located to comply with all yard and special setback requirements of the zoning ardi Hance. Wherever there exi sts a confl i ct between the setback required by the zoning ordinance and that required by this code the greater setback shall be applied. 4b~ Billboards and other off-premises signs shall comply with sections 8, fi90 to 8.845 i n addition to other sections sped f i cal 1 y referred to i n sections 8, fi95 to 8.705. ~c~ Billboards shall be permitted within areas designated as "Highway Oriented District" and on the following streets north of llth Avenue i n the "Yndustrial District" -Garfield, Seneca, Obie, and Bertelsen Road. ~ d~ I n the highway oriented district the total surface area of all signs other than the identity sign, including bi 11 board signs and other off-premises signs, shall not exceed three square feet for each 1 i Heal foot of street frontage. None of these signs shat l be located less than 15 feet from the front property line. ~e~ The maximum surface area for a billboard, including the frame or trim, shall be 672 square feet; maximum height shall be 30 feet above grade. ~f~ There shall be not over 1,300 square feet of billboard surface area facing one direction i n any one~Mal f mi 1 e of highway oriented district street frontage or on the streets named i n sub- secti on ~ c~ above. Such surface area shall be included i n comput- i ng the total surface area permitted by section 8.645 ~4 ~, but shall not be included in computing the area permitted by section 8.fi5O~c~. ~g~ Billboards may be single-faced, double faced or v-~shaped structures, except that each face i n one di recd an shall be counted as a separate billboard. Surface area of back-to-back billboards shall be computed at 50 percent of the actual surface area of each face and v-shaped structures at 75 percent of the actual surface area of each face. ~ h ~ An individual 1 of with less than 140 1 i Heal feet of hi gh- way frontage and which therefore would not accomodate a standard outdoor advertising sign, may nonetheless have one billboard with 300 square feet maximum surface area, provided such lot has no Ordinance - 20