Paso Robles Municipal Code Ch. 19.04 Development Standards for Billboards

No billboard sign shall be larger than three hundred square feet in sign area per face, not to exceed two faces and six hundred square feet total. Sign area shall be measured in accordance with Paragraph 21.52.070(B).

(Ord. No. 1149 N.S., § 3(Exh. A, § 1), 10-1-2024)

No billboard shall exceed thirty feet in height, as measured in accordance with Paragraph 21.52.070(B). However, if the top of a billboard is higher than the majority of buildings located on the same and/or adjacent lots, the billboard shall be separated from such buildings by one foot for every linear foot of the sign height. If this requirement is not satisfied, the billboard shall be prohibited.

(Ord. No. 1149 N.S., § 3(Exh. A, § 1), 10-1-2024)

All new billboard signs shall be made of metal construction or otherwise have similar structural integrity, as determined by the city's building official.

(Ord. No. 1149 N.S., § 3(Exh. A, § 1), 10-1-2024)

Landscaping shall be required at the base of the billboard as a means of bringing the sign into a less obtrusive scale to its surroundings.

(Ord. No. 1149 N.S., § 3(Exh. A, § 1), 10-1-2024)

Electronic display panels or mechanically changeable messages of any type is strictly prohibited on all billboard signs. Only static printed or painted message graphics may be placed on billboard signs.

(Ord. No. 1149 N.S., § 3(Exh. A, § 1), 10-1-2024)

Any lighting shall be external, directed downward, and shielded so the light source is not visible off site and does not create off-site glare, or conflict with city "dark sky" protection policies.

(Ord. No. 1149 N.S., § 3(Exh. A, § 1), 10-1-2024)

Any billboard shall be set back from the highway rights-of-way at minimum of one foot for every vertical foot of sign height.

(Ord. No. 1149 N.S., § 3(Exh. A, § 1), 10-1-2024)