Duluth UDC § 607.03

In addition to the general regulations and restrictions applying to all sign classifications, billboard signs (as defined in this Development Code) shall comply with the following: a. All applications for billboards shall be accompanied by written permission of the owner of the property on which the proposed sign is to be placed, a site plan showing the proposed location of the sign, and a scale drawing of the sign. 177 | P a g e Article Six. Sign Regulations b. Billboards will be permitted only on undeveloped property that is zoned M-2 and shall be removed when a Land Disturbance (i.e., Clearing, Grubbing, Grading or Development) Permit is issued for development on the property on which a billboard is located. c. Location and Spacing. 1. No billboard shall be placed within 500 feet of a residence, church, school, park or cemetery. 2. No billboard shall be located within 1,000 feet of another billboard as measured along the right- of-way of the street or streets on which such billboard is located and provided further that no billboard may be located closer than 500 feet to another billboard in any direction. d. Billboards shall be erected only in the buildable area of the lot. e. Size and Height Regulations. No billboard sign shall exceed 600 square feet or have more than one sign face or exceed 45 feet in overall height as measured from undisturbed grade to the top of the highest attached component. f. Conformance to State Law. Any billboard located or to be located within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of a U.S. or State-numbered highway (which includes SR 13/US 23—Buford Highway, and SR 120—Duluth Highway/Abbotts Bridge Road), or located or to be located beyond 660 feet of such highway but visible and intended to be read from such highway, must comply with the following: 1. Such sign shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Georgia Outdoor Advertising Act, O.C.G.A. 32-6-70 et seq. 2. Such sign shall comply with all requirements of this Article and, specifically, this Section 607.03. 3. In the case of a conflict between the Georgia Outdoor Advertising Act and the City’s regulations, the billboard must comply with the most restrictive requirements with respect to each and every item of regulation.