(a) The sign permit applicant should include manufacturer affidavit verifying that the sign has been factory pre-set not to exceed 5,000 nits ( candles per square meter) in the daytime and 250 nits in the evening.
(b) The sign should include an automatic light sensing device and should autodim during evening hours.
(c) Only one EMU per site where permitted.
(d) All requirements as set fmth within General Requirements, Digital Display and all other requirements herein.
(e) Electronic Message Units (EMU's) shall be allowed in B-3 General Business through I-2 Heavy Industrial Districts subject to the following requirements:
(1) When located as pait of a free standing sign, EMU signs should be situated on the lower or middle third of a monument sign with a brick or masonry base.
(2) Display must remain on for ten (10) seconds minimally.
(f) EMU's shall be allowed in Community Service Districts subject to the following requirements:
(1) Twenty (20) feet from a property line abutting OS, CS, and/or 5 Residential Zoning Districts.
(2) Signs in the premises of institutional uses (schools, houses of worship, etc.) should use only monochromatic, amber or red text on a black background.
(3) Digital signs should not have direct sight-lines to windows of existing residences.
(4) An EMU shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in area nor eight (8) feet in height.
(5) An EMU shall be placed as a ground/monument sign.
(Ord. 164-2020. Passed 9-14-20.)