EVMS shall be permitted on changeable copy signs subject to the following standards:
(a) Amount of a sign that can contain an EVMS. The portion of a sign dedicated for an EVMS shall not exceed 40% of the sign size.
(b) No sign containing an EVMS as a component shall be located within 125 feet of any signalized intersection of two or more streets. The distance shall be measured from the point where the existing right-of-way lines of the intersecting streets meet. In a case where rounded or cut property corner exists, this measurement shall be taken from the point of the intersection of the existing rights-of-way lines, as extended. The distance shall be measured along the right-of-way line from the point of intersection.
(c) Any EVMS that is located within 300 feet of any residential use must automatically turn off between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. daily.
(d) In all districts where the full sign image or any portion thereof changes, the change sequence must be accomplished by means of fading, dissolving, scrolling or traveling, and be completed in no less than one second but no more than 2.0 seconds.
(e) No portion of any sign may change its message or background in a manner or by a method of display characterized by motion or pictorial imagery, or depicts action or a special effect to imitate movement, or the presentation of pictorials or graphics displayed in a progression of frames that give the illusion of motion or the illusion of moving objects, moving patterns or bands of light or expanding or contracting shapes.
(f) EVMS shall be designed to either freeze the display in one static position, display a full black screen, or turn off in the event of a malfunction.
(g) Portable or temporary EVMS shall be prohibited.
(Ord. A-3075. Passed 1-24-22.)