Tonship code 18-1019 Digital Billboards HERE
-Each billboard permit application shall require a separate public bid
-Township of Lakewood will have access up for public messages and public service announcements.
Digital Billboards shall be permitted as conditional uses in the B-1, B-3, B-4, HD-6, HD-7 and M-1 zones subject to the following conditions:
A. Up to five (5) digital billboards shall be permitted to be constructed within the Township. All digital billboards must be in full compliance with all Federal, State and local regulations. This includes but is not limited to all building, zoning and land use permits.
B. Each billboard is subject to a permitting process as established by this chapter. Each application for a billboard permit must be accompanied by two hundred ($200.00) dollars to be deposited with the Township Clerk. Permits may be issued by the Township Clerk after a public bidding process has been completed. Each billboard permit application shall require a separate public bid to be advertised in the Township’s designated newspaper and website no less than thirty (30) days before the scheduled opening of the bid.
C. The successful bidder must pay an annual fee of five hundred ($500.00) dollars for each billboard and must comply with all of the terms and conditions of this chapter. No billboard may be constructed without the application for the billboard or permit without having first obtained a building permit from the construction official of the Township.
D. Each operator or owner of a digital billboard shall provide the Township of Lakewood access up to a maximum of ten (10%) percent of the static display panels in addition to an eighteen (18) inch high LED message board for public messages and public service announcements. This will include a minimum of two (2) hours of total Township access time between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. This time may be expanded during Federal or State declared emergencies in the interest of public safety.
E. Each face of the digital billboards may be oriented towards travelers on the following roadways only:
1. Route 9
2. Route 88
3. Cedarbridge Avenue
4. Highway 70
5. County Road 623
6. County Road 549
7. West County Line Road
8. Lanes Mill Road
F. A digital billboard may only be located at least three thousand (3,000) feet from any other digital billboard located on the same roadway or highway and in the same direction of travel as measured from any part of the sign to any other digital billboard within the Township.
G. Digital billboards must be located at least five hundred (500) feet from any residential property.
H. Each face of each digital billboard shall not exceed a height of fourteen (14) feet, a length of forty-eight (48) feet, and an area of six hundred seventy-two (672) square feet along with the eighteen (18) inch LED message area along the bottom. The height shall not exceed forty (40) feet, and the display face shall be located not less than fifteen (15) feet above the adjacent street grade.
I. Digital billboards shall have a frame hold time of visibility of no less than eight (8) seconds. The use of streaming video, full motion video, animation or frame effects is prohibited.
J. No digital billboard shall be permitted to operate unless it is equipped with the following:
1. A default mechanism that shall freeze the sign in one position as a static message if there is a malfunction; and
2. A mechanism able to automatically adjust the brightness of the display on the billboard according to ambient light conditions by means of a light detector/photocell.
K. No billboard may be located on top of, cantilevered over or otherwise suspended above any building or structure.
L. Digital display brightness shall be as follows:
1. No digital billboard shall be permitted if its brightness is such that it interferes with the effectiveness of a traffic control device.
2. Maximum brightness levels for each digital billboard shall not exceed two-tenths (0.2) foot-candles over ambient light levels measured within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the sign. Each billboard must guarantee that the sign has been preset to automatically adjust the brightness to these levels or lower. A certification of same shall be presented to the appropriate Township board for which the billboard is subject to approval. The Township shall have the right at any reasonable time to ensure that the specified brightness levels are maintained at all times.
3. Brightness of the digital billboard must be measured as follows:
a. At least thirty (30) minutes following sunset, a foot candle meter shall be used to obtain an ambient light reading for the location. This is done while the sign is off or dark. The reading shall be made with the meter aimed directly at the sign area at the pre-set location.
b. The sign shall then be turned on to take another reading with the meter in the same location.
c. If the difference between the two readings is two-tenths (0.2) foot-candles or less, the brightness is properly adjusted.
(Ord. No. 2013-51 § 9; Ord. No. 2014-31; Ord. No. 2016-11 § 10)
-Each billboard permit application shall require a separate public bid
-Township of Lakewood will have access up for public messages and public service announcements.
Digital Billboards shall be permitted as conditional uses in the B-1, B-3, B-4, HD-6, HD-7 and M-1 zones subject to the following conditions:
A. Up to five (5) digital billboards shall be permitted to be constructed within the Township. All digital billboards must be in full compliance with all Federal, State and local regulations. This includes but is not limited to all building, zoning and land use permits.
B. Each billboard is subject to a permitting process as established by this chapter. Each application for a billboard permit must be accompanied by two hundred ($200.00) dollars to be deposited with the Township Clerk. Permits may be issued by the Township Clerk after a public bidding process has been completed. Each billboard permit application shall require a separate public bid to be advertised in the Township’s designated newspaper and website no less than thirty (30) days before the scheduled opening of the bid.
C. The successful bidder must pay an annual fee of five hundred ($500.00) dollars for each billboard and must comply with all of the terms and conditions of this chapter. No billboard may be constructed without the application for the billboard or permit without having first obtained a building permit from the construction official of the Township.
D. Each operator or owner of a digital billboard shall provide the Township of Lakewood access up to a maximum of ten (10%) percent of the static display panels in addition to an eighteen (18) inch high LED message board for public messages and public service announcements. This will include a minimum of two (2) hours of total Township access time between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. This time may be expanded during Federal or State declared emergencies in the interest of public safety.
E. Each face of the digital billboards may be oriented towards travelers on the following roadways only:
1. Route 9
2. Route 88
3. Cedarbridge Avenue
4. Highway 70
5. County Road 623
6. County Road 549
7. West County Line Road
8. Lanes Mill Road
F. A digital billboard may only be located at least three thousand (3,000) feet from any other digital billboard located on the same roadway or highway and in the same direction of travel as measured from any part of the sign to any other digital billboard within the Township.
G. Digital billboards must be located at least five hundred (500) feet from any residential property.
H. Each face of each digital billboard shall not exceed a height of fourteen (14) feet, a length of forty-eight (48) feet, and an area of six hundred seventy-two (672) square feet along with the eighteen (18) inch LED message area along the bottom. The height shall not exceed forty (40) feet, and the display face shall be located not less than fifteen (15) feet above the adjacent street grade.
I. Digital billboards shall have a frame hold time of visibility of no less than eight (8) seconds. The use of streaming video, full motion video, animation or frame effects is prohibited.
J. No digital billboard shall be permitted to operate unless it is equipped with the following:
1. A default mechanism that shall freeze the sign in one position as a static message if there is a malfunction; and
2. A mechanism able to automatically adjust the brightness of the display on the billboard according to ambient light conditions by means of a light detector/photocell.
K. No billboard may be located on top of, cantilevered over or otherwise suspended above any building or structure.
L. Digital display brightness shall be as follows:
1. No digital billboard shall be permitted if its brightness is such that it interferes with the effectiveness of a traffic control device.
2. Maximum brightness levels for each digital billboard shall not exceed two-tenths (0.2) foot-candles over ambient light levels measured within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the sign. Each billboard must guarantee that the sign has been preset to automatically adjust the brightness to these levels or lower. A certification of same shall be presented to the appropriate Township board for which the billboard is subject to approval. The Township shall have the right at any reasonable time to ensure that the specified brightness levels are maintained at all times.
3. Brightness of the digital billboard must be measured as follows:
a. At least thirty (30) minutes following sunset, a foot candle meter shall be used to obtain an ambient light reading for the location. This is done while the sign is off or dark. The reading shall be made with the meter aimed directly at the sign area at the pre-set location.
b. The sign shall then be turned on to take another reading with the meter in the same location.
c. If the difference between the two readings is two-tenths (0.2) foot-candles or less, the brightness is properly adjusted.
(Ord. No. 2013-51 § 9; Ord. No. 2014-31; Ord. No. 2016-11 § 10)