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Section 7.3.3.3 Off-Premises Signs b. Along the following roadways, new and restructured <br /> off-premise signs are permitted in the City and its <br /> A. Signs in the City and ETJ. Off-premises signs within the City extraterritorial jurisdiction, subject to a minimum <br /> and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City are subject spacing of 500 feet in the city limits and 750 feet in <br /> to all provisions of this Section. Any requirement, standard or the extraterritorial jurisdiction: <br /> prohibition not specifically outlined in this Section is regulated <br /> by applicable provisions of VTC.A, Transportation Code 1. State Highway 123. <br /> Chapter 391 and regulations issued under that chapter. <br /> 2. State Highway 21, and along planned future <br /> B. Sign Faces. For each sign location, a maximum of two sign extensions. <br /> faces,front and back, are permitted. Multiple sign faces, <br /> whether stacked or side-by-side, at the same location and 3. State Highway 80. <br /> facing the same direction are prohibited. Existing signs with 4. State Highway Loop 82 from Martin Luther King <br /> more than two faces may continue as nonconforming signs, Jr. Drive to IH-35. <br /> subject to the provisions of Section 7.3.1.7. <br /> 5. RM 12 from Thorpe Lane to IH 35. <br /> C. Restructuring Permitted. Existing off-premise signs having <br /> wooden pole supports in locations where new off-premises 5. Animated and CEVM signs prohibited. No new or <br /> signs are allowed may be restructured to a metal monopole restructured sign may include an animated or CEVM sign. <br /> support. <br /> E. Restrictions on New Signs. <br /> D. New and Restructured Sign Compliance. New and <br /> restructured signs shall comply with the following: 1. This subsection applies to new off-premises signs in all <br /> areas of the City and the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction. <br /> 1. Maximum area.480 square feet or,for restructured signs, It is the intent of this subsection that the total number and <br /> the area of the existing sign, whichever is less. total area of off-premises signs not be increased in areas <br /> of the City and the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction above <br /> 2. Maximum height. 25 feet for signs with an area of less the total number and total area of off-premises signs that <br /> than 75 square feet, and 42'/2 feet for signs with an area of are lawfully in existence and listed on the initial registration <br /> 75 square feet to 480 square feet(see illustration 6-5). forms filed under subsection (h) by September 30, 2003. <br /> 3. Setback.A minimum setback of ten feet is required from 2. A permit will be issued to erect a new off-premises sign <br /> all property lines for all off-premise signs. in a permissible location only if the applicant first removes <br /> 4. Location and spacing restrictions. New or restructured one or more existing off-premises signs with a total area <br /> off-premise signs are permitted only along the following equal to or greater than the total area proposed for the <br /> highways and they shall comply with the following new sign. If an applicant for a new off-premises sign has <br /> minimum spacing requirements with respect to other one or more existing nonconforming off-premises signs, <br /> off-premise signs on the same side of the street or the existing off-premises sign or signs removed by the <br /> highway, and with all applicable provisions of VTC.A, applicant must be nonconforming signs. If an applicant <br /> Transportation Code Chapter 391 and regulations issued for a permit for a new off-premises sign has no existing <br /> under that chapter with respect to sign placement nonconforming signs,the existing off-premises sign or <br /> regulations not otherwise established in this Chapter: signs removed by the applicant may be any conforming <br /> off-premises signs. <br /> a. In the highway corridor, new and restructured off- <br /> premise signs are permitted throughout the City and 3. Anew off-premises sign that replaces an existing off- <br /> premises sign or signs within the highway corridor must <br /> its extraterritorial jurisdiction, with a minimum spacing <br /> of 1,500 feet. be located in a permissible location within the highway <br /> corridor. An existing off-premises sign in a location outside <br /> 1:30 San Marcos Development Code Amended: October 17, 2023 <br />