Yakima, WA Outdoor Lighting: Billboard Lighting (2026)

Billboards between a one-hundred-fifty- and three-hundred-foot radius of a residential district shall be restricted to one hundred sixty square feet per sign face and may not be lighted;

6. No billboard shall be located within one hundred fifty feet of a residential district;

7. The billboard is not within five hundred lineal feet of another billboard having the same street frontage;

8. Billboard height standards shall not exceed that permitted for freestanding signs as provided in Table 8-3[1]; [1] Editor's Note: Table 8-3 Sign Height and Setbacks is included as an aattachment to this title.

9. The total number of combined freestanding signs, off-premises signs and billboards does not exceed the number of freestanding signs allowed for the property.

C. Off-premises signs are:

1. Class (1) uses in the M-1 and M-2 districts;

2. Class (2) uses in the B-2, CBD, GC, and RD districts. Off-premises signs may be permitted in these districts after the required level of review, provided they meet the provisions of this chapter and the specific standards for the district in which they are located. (Ord. 2947 § 1 (part), 1986; Ord. 93-81 § 40, 1993; Ord. 2008-46 § 1 (part), 2008; Ord. 2015-007 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2015; Ord. 2016-029 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016; Ord. 2017-020 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2017)