TA2018001 HANDOUT MEMO (APPLICANT) 17 NOV 21 BOS.PDF

501 N. 44% St. # 200
Phoenix, AZ 85008

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Maticopa County

Planning & Development Department

Date: November 17, 2021

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

From: Darren V. Gerard, AICP ye

TA2018001 — Agenda Item # 6

Attached, please find a revised draft of TA2018001 authored by the
Applicant. It addresses five concerns listed in the staff report. It also clarifies
language in proposed Art. 1403.3.1.J.8 that a non-conforming billboard may
be modified to replace bottom-mounted upward lighting with top-mounted
downward lighting.

The applicant's revision version includes the following changes:

Sec. 201. Definition of Freeway deletes language regarding on/off-ramps;
Sec. 201. Definition of Scenic Corridor adds language regarding 7'h
St./New River Rd. and any future designated corridors;

Art. 1112.7 re-inserts language that existing bottom-mounted upward
lighting must be affixed with device to automatically shut off lighting
between the hours of 11m and sunrise;

Arts. 1403.1.A.1.a & 1403.1.A.1.b deletes verbiage that the minimum
billboard separation distance crosses a freeway in scenic corridors
(because billboards are now prohibited within scenic corridors);

Art. 1403.3..1.ii clarifies language that digital billboards must be located
within 300’ of a freeway's main travel lanes as opposed to just within 300’
of the freeway's right-of-way; and

Art. 1403.3.1.J.8 adds language that a legal, non-conforming billboard
may not be modified unless brought into conformance with ordinance or
obtaining legislative approval of a Special Use Permit except in the
instance of a relocated support column “and/or replace upward lighting
with downward lighting as stated in 1112.7.1.”

Staff supports the above changes to the version that was recommended by
the Commission.

Attachment: — Applicant Response to Staff Concerns (3 pages)

Copy of Revised TA2018001 in leg-edit (8 pages)

APPLICANT RESPONSE TO STAFF REQUESTS
TA2018001

Section 201: For definition of a freeway, consider updating language to remove the
connections, and on and off ramps as part of the freeway. This could cause
determination issues with measurements of billboards (including digital) from
freeways:

“FREEWAY (REGARDING OFF-SITE ADVERTISING (BILLBOARDS)):

For the purpose of the location of Off-Site Advertising Signs (Billboards) only,
Interstate 17 (I-17) south of Carefree Highway, I-10, Arizona State Route (SR) Loop
101, SR Loop 202, SR Loop 303, SR 24, Northern Parkway, and U.S. Highway 60
(U.S. 60 — Superstition Freeway), anetheireennections_ane-_er-ancloff ramps.
Billboards are a prohibited use on any other freeway now existing or to be
constructed within the County.”

ACCEPTED

Section 201: it may be appropriate to remove listed specific scenic corridors
(although this is consistent with the listed freeways) since new ones can be added in
the future, or to add verbiage that speaks to “existing and any future scenic
corridors adopted by the Board” and noting the listed scenic corridors as "'i.e.". Also,
consider the inclusion of preservation for Sonoran Desert National Monument and/or
wilderness areas along I-8 east of Gila Bend. Perhaps no billboard permitted within a
certain distance of the boundary of a national monument or federally designated
wilderness area.

“SCENIC CORRIDOR:

For the purpose of the location of Off-Site Advertising Signs (Billboards), scenic
corridor shall refer to the Scenic Corridor Overlay Zoning Districts (as set forth in
Chapter 10) and scenic corridor district policy quidelines (i.e. Carefree Highway,
Castle Hot Springs, McMickem Dam, Olive Avenue, EI Rio, I-17 North of Carefree
Highway, and 7! Street/New River Road). including any future scenic corridor
overlay zoning districts and policy quideline scenic corridors.”

ACCEPTED

Article 1112.7.1: keep language that is proposed to be removed regarding
automatic shut-off for upward lighting. Consider language to read:

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bottom mounted upward lighting is permitted to remain but shall be equipped with an
automatic devise which shuts off the fixture between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and sunrise.
However, any alteration to said billboard sign or support structure shall require the
upward lighting to be removed and replaced with downward lighting in conformance
with Article 1112.3.2. All new billboards are required to be in conformance with Article

II 2I352.
ACCEPTED

Article 1403.3.1.A.1.a & b: the final sentence of these articles has grown unnecessary
since the recommended language is prohibiting billboards within scenic corridors:

"... Measurement shall not cross any freeway-exeepiwithin-seenic-_coriders. "

ACCEPTED

Article 1403.3.J.1.ii: The language should be considered to be updated to clarify the
300’ measurement of digital billboards from freeway travel lanes just like non-digital
billboards, as well as the orientation towards the freeway:

“Digital billboards shall be permitted if eleng-ead within 300' of and oriented
towards an existing freeway's main travel lanes as classified by Maricopa County

as of (DATE of Ordinance).”

ACCEPTED

Article 1403.3.J.2: The louvre technology to prevent vertical illumination could still
allow for illumination at a 15-degree angle which will enter into the nighttime skies
and is arguably more harmful to astronomical observations than conventional
external lighting downward, shielded, etc. Consider updated methods or verbiage
to ensure that digital illumination is directed downward below the 15-degree angle:

"Digital billboards shall include optical down angled LED's, and horizontal louvers
(as well as vertical louvers if within 500 feet of a residential zoning district
boundary or a residential use in a rural zoning district) extending past the diode
at a minimum of .480" to minimize light trespass and louvers directed downward
below the 15-degree angle.”

NOT ACCEPTED.

Articles 1403.3.1.J.3 & 1403.3.1.J.5: digital images to run a minimum 20 second
duration rather than 8 seconds:

“Network time shall be made available on all digital sign faces to federal, state

and local public safety agencies for emergency messaging. Such messages shall

override all copy for one hour and shall then be displayed for no fewer than
twenty seconds in every minute as long as needed.”

“Display time shall not change-message more than once every twenty (20)
seconds. There shall be no animation, flashing, blinking or moving lights. In the
transition between copy changes, there shall be no sense of movement from
one image to the next.”

NOT ACCEPTED - 8 seconas is the state, city, and national standard.
Article 1403.3.1.J.6: maximum of 200 nits for digital illumination rather than 300 nits:

“Dimmers on all digital billboards shall be set in the evening hours (from sunset to
11:00 p.m.) not to exceed 200 nits.”

NOT ACCEPTED — 300 nits is the state, city, and national standard.

Section 201 — DEFINITIONS

SIGN, OFF-SITE ADVERTISING (BILLBOARDS) ~ DIGITAL:

‘changed or - altered by means of computer- -driven electronic apa.

SIGN, OFF-SITE ADVERTISING {BILLBOARDS} = Static:

A billboard with a fixed message that changes no more than once in a 24-F

DEVICE WHICH

ARTICLE 1403.3. OFF-SITE /

Billboards may not

in rural zoning districts.

Billboards shall be permitted uses in the C-2 and C-3 zoning districts subject to the.
following conditions:

iF Distance from other billboards:

any. other bill board of 3. (000 feet. ‘Meqsurement I all be from
the vertical edge of the sign face closest to the sign face of

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Billboards shall not have features that emit sound or be audible in any

manner.

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1. Billboards located greater than 300' from of an existing freeway

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embellishments and attachments, excluding additional 3' for
top-mounted lighting fixtures.

b. Shall be limited to six hundred seventy-two (672) square feet
in sign face area. The maximum square footage of sign area
may be exceeded by up to twenty percent (20%) by use of
embellishments.

A billboard may be double-faced or "V" shaped, provided the "V" shape
is designed so _ that there isno greater than fifty-four (54) inches between

faces at the apex and the angle between the faces of the sign is no greater
than forty-five (45) degrees.

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Any modifications to_a billboard within the Military Airport and Ancillary
Military Facility Overlay Zoning District shall require a new Use Compatibilit
and Consistency Determination (UCCD) pursuant to Section 1010 of this
Ordinance.

All lighting shall adhere to Article 1112.3.2 of the Maricopa County Zoning
Ordinance.

Digital billboards shall be permitted if:

i. Located fewer than three (3) miles from the boundary of any

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