(a) The following limits apply to size. - (i) A single-face outdoor advertising sign shall not exceed a length of 60 feet, a height of 25 feet, or an area of 1,200 square feet.
- (ii) A double-face outdoor advertising sign shall not exceed a total of 650 square feet. Neither face shall exceed 325 square feet.
(b) The following limits apply to form. - (i) No more than 2 facings visible and readable from the same direction on the main-traveled way may be erected on any one sign structure defined as a double-faced sign.
- (ii) Double-faced, back-to-back, and V-type signs shall be considered one structure and require one permit.
(c) The following limits apply to lighting. - (i) Unshielded lighting or signs with flashing, intermittent, or moving light or lights are prohibited.
(d) The following limits apply to location. - (i) Signs may not be erected to obscure or otherwise interfere with an official traffic sign, signal, or device, or obstruct or interfere with the driver's view of approaching, merging, or intersecting traffic.
- (ii) Signs may not be located within 500 feet of any public park, forest, playground, cemetery, or scenic area designated by the Department or other state agency and adjacent to the highway unless the signs are in an incorporated area.
- (iii) No signs may be located on railroad right-of-way in areas where the railroad right-of-way intersects the highway right-of-way.
- (iv) Outside incorporated villages and cities, signs may not be located within 500 feet of the following, measured from the point of pavement widening, for the longest on or off interchange ramp in both directions:
- (B) An at-grade intersection, or
(e) The following limits apply to spacing. - (i) The spacing requirements for outdoor advertising in zoned or unzoned commercial or industrial areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems are as follows:
- (A) Interstate highways-No new off-premises sign shall be erected closer than 500 feet to an existing off-premises sign either inside or outside incorporated villages and cities.
- (B) Primary highways-No off-premises sign shall be erected closer than 100 feet from an existing off-premises sign within incorporated villages and cities. Outside incorporated villages and cities, no off-premises sign shall be erected closer than 300 feet from an existing off-premises sign.
- (C) The preceding spacing requirements do not apply to structures separated by buildings or other obstructions if only one sign facing located within the preceding spacing distance is visible from the highway at any one time. The minimum distance between structures shall be measured along the nearest edge of the pavement between points directly opposite the nearest sign support along each side of the highway and shall apply only to structures located on the same side of the highway.
- (D) The spacing requirements of this section do not apply to on-premises, directional, or official signs, nor shall measurements be made from such signs.
(f) The following limits apply to overall height. - (i) An outdoor advertising sign generally shall not exceed an overall height of 40 feet measured from the sign's highest point to the grade level of the highway from which the sign is to be viewed. If the ground level at the sign location is higher than the highway grade level, the 40-foot overall height criteria may be increased only as needed for sign visibility. Department approval is required to exceed the 40-foot overall height.
045-16 Wyo. Code R. § 16-5