Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 522 - CONTROL OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING ADJACENT TO PRIMARY AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS › Subpart D - STANDARDS FOR SIGNS › Section 522.200 - Standards for Signs in Business Areas

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the standards set forth in Section
				  522.150,
				  the following standards are applicable to signs in business areas:
a) No such sign may be erected which
				exceeds30feet in height,60feet in length, and 1200 square feet in display area
				on each side including border and trim but excluding ornamental base or apron,
				supports and other structural members, measured by the smallest square,
				rectangle, triangle, circle, or combination thereof which will encompass the
				entire display area. (Section 6.01 of the Act) No temporary extensions,
				cut-outs or ornamentation is allowed which enlarges a sign beyond 1200 square
				feet as measured herein. Except with respect to repair, rebuilding, or
				replacement of any sign lawfully erected before July 1, 1993, no such sign may
				be erected in any county with a population under 2,000,000 that exceeds 800
				square feet in surface area per side excluding extensions and cut-outs. The
				extensions and cut-outs may account for no more than an additional 20% in sign
				surface area per side. (Section 6.01 of the Highway Advertising Control Act of
				1971 [225 ILCS 440/6.01
				])
b) No more than two such signs
				may be erected in a facing with such facing not to exceed the size limitation
				stated in subsection (a) above.
c)
				Such signs may be double faced or placed back to back or constructed in a
				V-type as long as the angle created is less than ninety degrees. (Section 6.01
				of the Act)
d) No such sign may be
				erected along the same side of an interstate highway or expressway within five
				hundred feet of another such sign structure or location where another such sign
				has been permitted but not yet erected.
e) Except with respect to repair, rebuilding,
				or replacement of any sign lawfully erected before July 1, 1993 (Section 6.03
				of the Act) when located outside of any incorporated municipality, no such sign
				may be erected along the same side of a primary highway within 500 feet of
				another such sign structure or a location where another such sign has been
				permitted but not yet erected.
f)
				Except with respect to repair, rebuilding, or replacement of any sign lawfully
				erected before July 1, 1993 (Section 6.03 of the Act), when located inside of
				any incorporated municipality, no such sign may be erected along the same side
				of a primary highway within 300 feet of another such sign structure or a
				location where another such sign has been permitted but not yet
				erected.
g) The spacing
				requirements described in subsections (d), (e) and (f) above shall not apply to
				signs where the sign structures are completely separated or screened by
				buildings, natural surroundings or other obstructions in such manner that only
				one such sign facing located within such distance is visible at any one time.
				(Section 6.03(b) of the Act) A sign structure cannot be construed as an
				obstruction of a sign.
h) The
				spacing requirements described in subsections (d), (e) and (f) above shall be
				measured along the edge of the pavement of the highway between the points of
				each sign structure which lie closest to the highway pavement but in no event
				shall the distance between signs be less than the required spacing. (See
				Section 522.Illustrations D-G.) Signs visible from two or more highways must be
				considered in spacing measurements along all such highways. Any sign which has
				received a permit or a registration shall be included in spacing measurements
				whether or not the permit or registration has been revoked as long as the sign
				is visible from any place on the main traveled way of the highway. When
				measuring spacing between signs involving back-to-back or V-type sign
				structures and all points equidistant between the sign faces are on a line
				perpendicular to the edge of pavement, the measurement between such sign
				structures will be taken along the edge of pavement as shown in Section
				522.Illustrations K and L. If the measurements cannot conform to those shown in
				Section 522.Illustrations K and L, the measurements for signs involving
				back-to-back or V-type sign structures shall be made between the points of each
				sign structure which lie closest to the highway pavement.
i) Outside of an incorporated municipality,
				no sign structure may be erected along an interstate highway or expressway
				adjacent to or within500feet of an interchange, rest area or weigh station,
				such500feet to be measured along the main traveled way from the beginning or
				ending of pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the main traveled
				way. (Section 6.03(c) of the Act) (See Section 522.Illustration C.)
j) The requirements of this Section shall not
				be construed to apply to or to impose additional limitations on directional
				signs, official signs, official notices, public utility signs, signs
				advertising the sale or lease of property on which they are located, or on
				premise signs nor shall such signs be counted nor shall measurements be made
				from them for purposes of determining compliance with (Section 6.04 of the Act)
				subsections (d), (e) and (f) above.