DEPARTMENT: Development Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Michael Shannon, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Briefing on Proposed Changes Related to Digital Billboards, Chapter 28 - Sign Code
SUMMARY:
Possible changes to Chapter 28 - Sign Code which will allow for digital faces to be placed on the backside of thirteen (13) existing digital billboards plus the possibility of converting one (1) additional existing billboard from static to digital.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In the 1980s, there were around 2,300 billboards within the San Antonio City limits and, over time, that number has decreased to around 1,200 billboards. Additional billboards are prohibited within the City and in order to relocate a billboard, two billboards must be removed. Similarly, new digital billboards are prohibited within the City and the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.
Clear Channel Outdoor has developed a proposal to allow digital faces to be added to the backside of existing digital billboards by removing an estimated 300 junior billboards as well as removal of some large billboards along scenic, urban and/or historic corridors. Such action would result in increasing the number of digital billboards by decreasing the overall number of billboards within City limits. Clear Channel Outdoor proposes to remove four billboards for each new digital face installed.
The Development Services Department (DSD) presented this proposed change to the City's sign code to the Planning and Community Development Committee on August 12, 2019. During that meeting, the committee reviewed and voted to approve the proposal to allow additional digital faces to be installed on only the existing thirteen (13) digital billboards.
The committee members also reviewed additional proposals that were discussed during the stakeholder meetings and community input process, most notably a proposal from Outfront Media to allow them to install digital faces on one existing static (i.e., non-...
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