Illuminated signs shall conform to the following requirements:
(a) Signs that are permitted to be illuminated may be internally or externally illuminated as approved by the Planning Commission. Those signs permitted in the Residential District or upon residential property may only be illuminated with white light.
(b) Any type of external light source used to illuminate a sign face must not interfere with the vision of motor vehicle operators nor shall it shine directly on other adjacent property.
(c) No sign illumination may be of such intensity or brilliance as to impair the vision of a motor vehicle driver or to otherwise interfere with the operation of a motor vehicle.
(d) No sign illumination may be of such intensity or brilliance that it interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic control device.
(e) All illuminated signs must be equipped with a mechanism that automatically adjusts the brightness to maintain compliance with subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this section.
(f) All illuminated signs must be equipped with a means to immediately turn off the display or lighting in the event of a malfunction and/or a threat to public safety.
(g) If the sign cannot immediately be adjusted to comply with the standards set forth in this section, or if the sign otherwise poses a threat to public safety, then the owner of any such sign must immediately turn off any such sign when ordered to do so by the Zoning Inspector, a police officer, or a firefighter.
(Ord. 2016-3-2. Passed 5-10-16.)