Phoenix Zoning Ordinance Section 36-49 caps off-premise outdoor advertising and restricts digital billboards to specific corridors with minimum dwell times, brightness limits, and spacing rules. Conversion of static billboards to digital is conditionally permitted.
Phoenix regulates outdoor advertising under Zoning Ordinance Section 36-49 (Sign Regulations). Off-premise billboards are restricted to specified zoning districts and corridors; new billboard locations are essentially prohibited. Conversion of existing static billboards to digital displays is allowed only if the operator removes 2 to 4 static faces elsewhere in the city per converted face (a takedown ratio). Digital displays must hold each message a minimum 8 seconds, transition instantly without animation, and dim automatically at night to meet 0.3 footcandle ambient-light limits at the property line. The Federal Highway Beautification Act and ADOT rules govern interstate-adjacent signs alongside city rules.
Operating an unpermitted digital billboard or violating dwell-time, brightness, or location rules is a Class 1 misdemeanor with fines up to $2,500 per day. The city can seek injunctive relief, require removal, and revoke permits.
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