(A) Subject to the other regulations below, a sign may be animated and may have changeable copy and may be illuminated with bare bulb, neon tube or flashing illumination as outlined in the table below:
Zoning District | Animated | Maximum Area of Animated Portion of Sign | Illuminated |
Zoning District | Animated | Maximum Area of Animated Portion of Sign | Illuminated |
B-2 | Permitted to be animated and may contain changeable copy | 50 square feet or max area for freestanding sign in § 150.115 whichever is less | Yes |
B-3 | |||
I-1 | |||
I-2 | |||
B-4 | 32 square feet | Yes, provided the illumination is not from neon tube or flashing lights | |
B-1 | After issuance of a Special Use Permit, permitted to be animated and may contain changeable copy | 18 square feet | |
P-1 | |||
R-1 | After issuance of a Special Use Permit, permitted to be animated and may contain changeable copy IF the lot contains a legally conforming nonresidential use as described in § 150.111(D) | ||
R-2 | |||
R-3 | |||
R-4 | |||
(B) No animated or flashing sign shall project into any public right-of-way.
(C) No animated or flashing sign face within 50 feet of any public right-of-way may exceed 50 square feet in area.
(D) No animated or flashing sign shall contain or emit only red or green color unless located at least 150 feet from a traffic signal controlled intersection.
(E) A permanent sign may be non-illuminated, illuminated by internal, internal indirect, or external indirect illumination. Signs that are externally lit shall be illuminated only with steady, stationary, down-directed, and shielded light sources directed solely onto the sign.
(F) Any lighting fixture on a sign that is located within ten feet of a residential zoning district boundary or an existing residential use, or within ten feet of a public right-of-way, shall be aimed away from and shielded on the side closest to the residential use, residential zoning district, or public right-of-way.
(G) Signs which are illuminated by flashing, intermittent, or moving lights and located within 50 feet of a public street right-of-way shall be at least 20 feet (bottom of sign) above grade elevation.
(H) Animated or flashing signs shall be equipped with light sensing devices or a scheduled dimming timer which automatically dims the intensity of light emitted by the sign during ambient low-light and nighttime (dusk to dawn) conditions. The spillover at any property line shall not exceed one foot candle.
(Am. Ord. 8865, passed 2-19-13; Am. Ord. 8949, passed 6-17-14; Am. Ord. 9195, passed 3-19-19)