18A.55.020 Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Billboard Regulations.
In addition to the billboard regulations of Chapter 18B.30 PCC, the following regulations apply within the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan area.
A. Total Number of Billboard Structures within the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan Area of Unincorporated Pierce County.
1. Any person, firm, or corporation who maintains billboard structures within the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan area of unincorporated Pierce County shall be authorized to maintain only that number of billboard structures that they maintained on September 3, 2002, the effective date of Community Plan, except for transfers permitted in PCC 18B.80.060 C.
2. No other billboards shall be authorized, and there shall be no greater total number of billboard structures within the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan area of unincorporated Pierce County than the number that were in existence on the effective date of this regulation, or on the subsequent date of incorporation of or annexation into another municipality. That number of structures shall include those for which permit applications had been filed prior to the effective date of this regulation.
3. If portions of the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan area are annexed or incorporated into cities, the total number of billboard structures allowed in the remaining portion of the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan area shall be reduced so as not to include those billboards included in the annexation or incorporation area.
B. Billboard Free Areas.
1. Except as permitted under this Section, no person shall erect a billboard which is visible from the main traveled way of the following streets, roads, or highways or portions thereof located in the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan area of Pierce County:
a. State Route 512; and
b. State Route 7 (Pacific Avenue/Mountain Highway).
2. No billboard shall be relocated in or within 330 feet of the following areas regardless of jurisdictional boundaries:
a. Any state, county or municipal park or property held in trust by a land conservancy;
b. The west side of Spanaway Loop Road S., from Steele Street S. to Garfield Street S.;
c. Both sides of 112th Street S. from the 2000 block to Steele Street S.;
d. Any site designated as Activity Center, Community Center, or Neighborhood Center by the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan;
e. Any place of religious assembly;
f. Any public or private school; and
g. Any residential zoning classification.
3. Any billboard located in a designated billboard free zone after September 3, 2002, shall be deemed nonconforming.
C. Billboard Relocation.
1. Upon removal of an existing billboard structure, a relocation certificate shall be issued authorizing relocation of the face to a new site. There shall be no time limit on the billboard owner's eligibility to utilize such relocation certificates. In the event a billboard owner wishes to remove a billboard and does not have immediate plans for replacement at a new location, an inactive relocation certificate shall be issued. There shall be no time limit on the activation of the inactive certificate and such certificates are transferable.
2. Billboard structures may only be relocated within the adopted community plan area boundary.
3. In no case shall the number of billboard structures or the structure height increase and the square footage of the billboard sign face area to be relocated shall be equal to or less than the square footage of the billboard sign face area to be removed. Removal of a billboard structure shall be completed prior to the installation of relocated billboard structure.
4. The application for a relocation certificate shall include an accurate site plan and vicinity map of the billboard structure to be removed, as well as a site plan and vicinity map for the new location. Site plans and vicinity maps shall include sufficient information to determine compliance with the provisions of this Chapter.
5. The above provisions shall not apply to billboards whose certificate applications were applied for prior to the effective date of this regulation, and not erected, unless the owners/applicants agree within 60 days to have such billboards subject to all provisions of this Chapter.
6. When a nonconforming billboard is located on property being acquired for County right-of-way, it may be relocated and a building permit issued if:
a. the billboard is being relocated on the original parcel at the same distance from the new right-of-way as it was before relocation; and
b. the relocation serves as mitigation of damages or provides for the avoidance of a takings claim as part of right-of-way acquisition. In no event shall permission to relocate the billboard grant the owner and/or tenant any rights or benefits pertaining to the nonconforming use that are in excess of those existing at the time of the transfer of title or right of possession of the new right-of-way.