(a) Except as provided in this division, signs must comply with the provisions for business zoning districts in Article VII.
(b) Signs may be illuminated by back lighting or indirect lighting.
(c) Neon or single incandescent bulbs are not allowed.
(d) Illuminated signs with an effective area of 500 square feet or less may not have a luminance greater than 300 foot lamberts, nor may any such sign have a luminance greater than 300 foot lamberts for any portion of the sign within a circle two feet in diameter. The measurements of luminance are taken from any other premise or from any public right-of-way other than an alley.
(e) Illuminated signs with an effective area greater than 500 square feet may not have a luminance greater than 200 foot lamberts, nor may any such sign have a luminance greater than 200 foot lamberts for any portion of the sign within a circle of two feet in diameter. The measurements of luminance are taken from any other premise or from any public right-of-way other than an alley.
(f) Changeable messages must follow the requirements of Section 51A-7.303(b).
(g) A sign or part of a sign may not move or rotate, with the exception of a wind device, the motion of which is not restricted.
(h) Signs are not allowed in a visibility triangle.
(i) The number of words allowed on a sign is not limited, unless otherwise restricted by the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(j) All permanent signs must be premise signs, convey a noncommercial message, list the Southwestern Medical District name and logo, or the name of a hospital or medical or educational use.
(k) Fiberglass as a sign material is allowed.
(l) For detached signs, plastic is not permitted as an exterior face of a sign. Plastic may be used as a backing for routed letters in a sign can or as decorative ornaments.
(m) Except for helipad signs, signs may not be painted onto the roof of a building, and no flat attached sign is permitted on the roof of a building. (Ord. 29392)