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Zoning Ordinance Amendment - Billboard Conversion to Single Sign Face
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING CODE OF THE CITY OF FOLEY
TO PERMIT LEGAL NONCONFORMING BILLBOARDS THAT HAVE TWO SIGN FACES AIMED IN THE SAME DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND STACKED ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER TO BE CONVERTED INTO ONE SINGLE BILLBOARD SIGN FACE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TERMS, REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS
WHEREAS, off premises signs (“billboards”) are prohibited in the corporate limits of the City of Foley by the Zoning Code, but a significant number of billboards are in existence as legal nonconforming structures; and
WHEREAS, most of the legal nonconforming billboards are constructed in such a way that it is not reasonable to expect them to lose their legal nonconforming status through damage, destruction, or abandonment in the foreseeable future; and
WHEREAS, the City would like to reduce the number of billboard sign faces in the City of Foley by encouraging billboard owners to voluntarily remove legal nonconforming billboards; and
WHEREAS, an outdoor advertising company that owns most of the billboards in the City of Foley expressed a willingness to remove legal nonconforming billboard sign faces if they are allowed to merge two billboard sign faces that are stacked one on top of another into one larger sign face by filling in the gap; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to allow two billboard sign faces stacked one on top of anot...
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