<div class="chunk-title">Section 1408. - Outdoor advertising signs.</div>
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               Outdoor advertising signs shall be regulated as follows:
               
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                  1408.01 <span class="ital">Definition.</span> A sign structure which directs attention at a business, commodity, service or entertainment
                  not conducted, sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is located or to
                  which it is attached shall be considered an outdoor advertising sign.
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                  1408.02 <span class="ital">Height.</span> Not more than 30 feet high. Measured from edge of right-of-way or sign support, whichever
                  is higher.
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                  1408.03 <span class="ital">Size.</span> Maximum 400 square feet of billboard area.
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                  1408.04 <span class="ital">Spacing.</span> Not less than 500 feet apart from another billboard only along the Interstate 95
                  corridor. No sign within 200 feet of a dwelling. All outdoor advertising signs shall
                  be set back a minimum distance of five feet from any road right-of-way.
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                  1408.05 <span class="ital">Lighting.</span> If lighted, lights shall be shielded and nonblinding.
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                  1408.06 <span class="ital">Maintenance.</span> Signs must be kept in a sound structural condition and painted in a neat appearance.
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                  1408.07 <span class="ital">Permitted zones.</span> HI heavy industrial district and HB highway business district only along the Interstate
                  95 corridor and as set forth in North Carolina Department of Transportation regulations.
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               (Amend. of 7-10-00, Â§ 3.C.; Amend. of 2-3-03, Â§Â§ 2, 3, 4.A.)
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