§ 21-22. Electronic signs.

(a)

Electronic signs shall be allowed only in C-1, C-2, M, and M-2 zoning districts, but only if the electronic sign complies with all of the following requirements:

(1)

No message may be displayed for less than one (1) second;

(2)

No message may be repeated at intervals less than two (2) seconds;

(3)

No segmented message may last longer than ten (10) seconds; and

(4)

No traveling message may travel at a rate slower than sixteen (16) light columns per second or faster than thirty-two (32) light columns per second.

(b)

Electronic signs shall be allowed in places of worship or in public or private elementary, middle, or high schools, if such establishments are located on property zoned R-200, R-150, R-30,000, R-20,000, R-100, R-85, R-75, R-60, R-A5, R-50, R-A8, R-CH, R-CD, R-DT, RM-150, RM-100, RM-85, RM-75, RM-HD, R-NCD, PC-1, PC-2 or PC-3, O-I, so long as the electronic sign complies with all of the following requirements:

(1)

Electronic ground signs shall be limited to a maximum height of fifteen (15) feet, and sign copy area shall be limited to one hundred (100) square feet;

(2)

Electronic signs may only be located along a major or minor thoroughfare;

(3)

Electronic signs shall not exceed a maximum illumination of six thousand three hundred (6,300) nits during the daylight hours and a maximum illumination of five hundred (500) nits between dusk to dawn, as measured from the sign's face at maximum brightness;

(4)

Any external illumination devices on an electronic sign shall be effectively shielded so as to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at any portion of a major or minor thoroughfare, or any residential use; and

(5)

Electronic signs shall contain a default design that freezes the sign in one (1) position with no more than a maximum illumination of five hundred (500) nits if a sign malfunction occurs.

(Ord. No. 13-03, Pt. I, 6-10-03; Ord. No. 10-07, Pt. I, 4-3-10; Ord. No. 10-09, Pt. I, 5-25-10)