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ORD.AMEND.43, 1995-96 AMENDING CHAPTER 10 OF THE DANE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCEJrEIGHT OF CERTAIN PYLON SIGNS The County Board of Supervisors of the County of Dane does ordain as follows: ARTICLE 1. Unless otherwise expressly stated herein, all references to section and chapter numbers are to those of the Dane County Code of Ordinances. ARTICLE 2. Section 10.74(19)is amended to read as follows: (19) Pylon signs shall have a maximum size of 100 square feet where the speed limit on the adjacent highway is 35 miles per hour or less,200 square feet where the maximum permissible speed on the adjacent highway is between 36 and 45 miles per hour, and 300 square feet where the speed limit on the adjacent highway is more than 45 miles per hour. Such a sign may be erected to a height not to exceed 20 feet where the speed limit on the adjacent highway is 35 miles per hour or less;35 feet where the speed limit on the adjacent highway is between 36 and 45 miles per hour, and 50 feet where the speed limit on the adjacent highway is more than 45 miles per hour. There shall be no more than one such sign per parcel and the sign shall be located not more than 200 feet from the site advertised on the sign. ARTICLE 3. Section 10.74(19m)is created to read as follows: (19m)(a) This subsection supersedes sub.(19)with respect to eligible pylon signs as defined herein. (b) As used in this subsection, interstate highway means any highway officially designated as a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and approved by the appropriate authority of the federal government, and eligible pylon sign means a pylon sign which is both located within 2,500 feet of the right-of-way of an interstate highway and erected on the premises of a business advertised on the sign. (c) Eligible pylon signs shall have a maximum size of 500 square feet and may be erected to a height not to exceed 150 feet. . (d) Eligible pylon signs shall comply with applicable federal law and the June 1961 agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the federal highway administrator relative to control of advertising adjacent to interstate highways. Additionally, except as to maximum size and maximum height, any such sign shall comply with the s. 83.40(4), Wis. Stats.,and acts amendatory thereto. • Adopted by the Dane County Board of Supervisors July 11, 1996 •