(a) Changeable copy by non-electronic means may be utilized on any permitted sign.
(b) In the Village Center Business District, electronic message centers (EMCs) are permitted in accordance with the sign areas permitted in Table 1157.06 and when in compliance with the following:
(1) An EMC sign may be a portion of a building sign or freestanding sign, or may comprise the entire area of the sign, and shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total sign area permitted on the site.
(2) Only one (1) EMC sign is permitted on a lot for each street on which the development fronts and the sign is visible unless additional EMCs are approved by the Planning Commission.
(3) All EMC signs shall have automatic dimming controls, either by photocell (hardwired) or via software settings, in order to bring the EMC lighting level at night into compliance with Section 1157.09.
(4) EMC signs shall have a minimum display time of eight (8) seconds. The transition time between messages and/or message frames is limited to three (3) seconds and these transitions may employ fade, dissolve, and or other transition effects.
(5) The following EMC display features and functions are prohibited: continuous scrolling and/or traveling, flashing, spinning, rotating, and similar moving effects, and all dynamic frame effects or patterns of illusionary movement or simulating movement.
(Ord. 2016-07-24. Passed 8-3-16.)