(a) These Changeable Copy and Electronic Message Display standards are applicable to all signs, except as follows:
(1) Drive thru menu boards since the purpose of these boards is to service those utilizing the drive through lane, and cars are typically stopped to view said sign.
(2) Video screens on individual gas pumps since the purpose of these devices is to service those outside of a stopped vehicle; and
(3) Any sign that is located along a state or federal highway and is regulated by the state of Ohio.
(b) All other changeable copy and electronic messaging displays shall:
(1) Be limited to fifty percent (50%) of the overall sign area.
(2) The electronic display shall comply with the following requirements:
A. Any digital display containing animation, streaming video, or text or images that flash, pulsate, move or scroll is prohibited.
B. The digital display may change, but it must transition by changing instantly with no transition graphics (e.g., no fade in/no fade out).
C. The duration of the digital display shall not be less than (8) seconds.
D. The brightness of all digital signs shall be reduced to sixty percent (60%) at dusk. In no case shall the brightness of the sign, that abuts a residential Zoning District, exceed a maximum of 0.3 footcandles above ambient light levels, as measured from the base of the sign.
(3) Signs shall be maintained in good repair. Such maintenance and repair, including changes of copy, shall be permitted, provided the size and structural shape of the sign is not changed or altered.
(Ord. 15-23. Passed 8-14-23.)