§ 27-711.   Electronic Message Signs.
Electronic message signs (EMS) wherever permitted in the Township shall be subject to the following rules:
   1.   No EMS image or part thereof (including words, letters, symbols or other graphics) may change more than once every 10 seconds.
   2.   Any change in an image shall occur within 1 second or less.
   3.   Change of an image includes, but is not limited to, any perceived movement of the image such as scrolling, dissolving, fading or similar adjustment.
   4.   No side or face of an EMS which is a billboard shall contain double or multiple signs or split screen images. [Ord. 486]
   5.   Only one sign on a side or face of an existing, nonconforming double or multiple sign billboard may be converted to an EMS. [Ord. 486]
   6.   No EMS which is a billboard shall be located within 1,500 feet of any other EMS which is a billboard regardless of which side of the highway the said other EMS which is a billboard is located.
   7.   Each EMS must be equipped with automatic day/night dimming software, to maintain a constant illumination intensity or contrast of light level.
   8.   Community Service. Each EMS owner shall give priority over all messages to emergency alerts as directed by Federal, State, and local authorities . Each owner must notify AMBER ALERT and register its location for use if needed. When possible due to unsold message time, an EMS owner shall give consideration to devoting such unsold time to community service messages (i.e., time and temperature, school closing, weather, non-profit announcements, etc.), as determined by the EMS owner.
(Ord. 45, Z-§ 711, 5/12/76; as added by Ord. 475, 7/18/2007, § 9; and as amended by Ord. 486, 7/2/2008, § 2)