A community information sign shall be permitted as an accessory to a principal building on property which is owned, operated or occupied by the village of Elk Grove Village, the Elk Grove park district, the Elk Grove Municipal Library, and the township and any schools or churches, which sign may include an electronic message sign and shall meet the following requirements:
A. Design:
1. The sign shall be designed as a monument sign.
2. The sign shall be mounted on a monument style base that is at least as wide as the sign face, be a minimum of one foot six inches (1'6") in height, and composed of a natural masonry finish such as brick or stone matching the principal building or such other material approved by the community development department.
3. Such sign shall be located in a minimum two hundred (200) square foot landscape area, excluding the area of the sign, and integrated into the overall site design, including the appropriate use of berming, landscaping, and decorative hardscape as approved by community development.
B. Size:
1. Any such sign located in a designated corridor location set forth in subsection 8-4-3-5D4a of this chapter shall not exceed twelve feet (12') in height and ten feet (10') in width. Community information signs in other locations shall not exceed eight feet (8') in height and eight feet (8') in width.
2. Such sign shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet per face, excluding architectural elements which do not contain signage.
3. If a community information sign includes an electronic message sign, such sign shall be permitted provided the following additional requirements are met:
a. Design: Electronic message sign shall be antiglare and shall be surrounded by architectural elements of the sign.
b. Size: Any such sign located in a designated corridor location shall not exceed forty (40) square feet per side. Electronic message signs in other locations shall not exceed twenty five (25) square feet per side.
C. Messages And Text:
1. Transition from one message to another shall be instantaneous, without movement or other transition effects between messages.
2. Messages shall not change more frequently than every ten (10) seconds.
D. Display And Brightness:
1. Electronic message sign shall not display any video, animation or moving pictures or simulate any movement or the optical illusion of movement of any part of the sign text, design or pictorial segment, including the movement of any illumination or the flashing or varying of light intensity.
2. Electronic message sign shall not include flashing, blinking, chasing, strobe features, sounds, animations or other attention seeking effects.
3. Electronic message sign shall be equipped with both a programmed dimming sequence as well as an additional overriding mechanical photocell that adjusts the brightness of the display to the ambient light at all times of day. Such programming and mechanical equipment shall be set so that the electronic sign, at night or in overcast conditions will be no more than forty percent (40%) of the daytime brightness level.
E. Operation And Use:
1. Electronic message signs shall be turned off between eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M.
2. Signs shall be equipped to override commercial messages for emergency situations such as an "Amber Alert" or such other acute public emergency. The owner of the electronic message sign shall provide the village with contact persons who can activate the override upon request by the village.
F. Location:
1. Electronic message sign shall not be located within five hundred feet (500') of another electronic message sign, nor shall it share the structure of any other reader board or changeable copy sign.
2. Electronic message sign placement shall be reviewed by the village engineer to determine the location does not create a hazardous traffic condition due to its placement on the site or relationship to an intersection.
(Ord. 3434, 10-13-2015)