S.C. Code Regs. § § 63-346

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024

Section 63-346 - Spacing Limitations for Outdoor Advertising Signs

A. Measurements:

(1) Involving the distance between signs, shall be taken along the edge of the traveled way between lines perpendicular to the edge of the traveled way which intersect the center of the sign supports nearest the traveled way.

(2) Involving unzoned commercial or industrial areas shall be taken within the control area from the outermost edge of the regularly used buildings and areas regularly used and required for parking, storage, and processing, or from the property lines of the tract or tracts owned or leased by the activity on which the activity is being conducted, whichever is the narrower. Only those portions of the activity which are within the control area and which are visible from the main traveled way shall be considered. (See Illustration 1).

(3) Involving interchanges, weigh stations, and rest areas adjacent to the main traveled way of interstates and freeway primary federal-aid highways shall be made from the nearest point of the beginning or ending of pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the main-traveled way. Where there is insufficient space to end an entrance ramp before beginning an exit ramp, the ramp shall be regarded as continuous and no signs will be permitted between the interchanges in areas which are not within the boundaries of an incorporated municipality.

(4) Illustrations for measuring spacing are contained in Illustrations 1 and 2 of these regulations.

B. Signs erected under S. C. Code Section 57-25-140(a)(7) and (a)(8).

(1) Adjacent to Interstate or freeway primary federal-aid highways:

a) No signs may be erected less than five hundred (500) feet apart measured from the center of the sign supports nearest the main traveled way along a line parallel with the main traveled way.

b) No sign in a rural, unincorporated area may be erected within five hundred (500) feet of an interchange or rest area.

(2) Adjacent to federal-aid primary highways which do not have controlled access:

a) No signs may be erected less than three hundred (300) feet apart on the same side of the highway in rural, unincorporated areas.

b) No signs may be erected less than one hundred (100) feet apart on the same side of the highway within incorporated municipalities unless the signs are separated by a building or other obstruction (other than another sign) which prevents more than one sign facing from being visible at any one time.

(3) Signs erected under S. C. Code Section 57-25-140(a)(1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) shall not be considered for spacing purposes.

S.C. Code Regs. § 63-346

Amended by State Register Volume 13, Issue No. 6, eff June 23, 1989; State Register Volume 16, Issue No. 7, eff July 24, 1992; State Register Volume 18, Issue No. 6, eff June 24, 1994; State Register Volume 20, Issue No. 5, eff May 24, 1996; State Register Volume 31, Issue No. 3, eff March 23, 2007.