(A) Allowed as a permitted or conditional use.
(1) Electronic message signs shall be allowed in O-1, PO-1, C-1, C-2, C-3, PC-1, I-1, I-2, and PI-1 Districts as permitted signs. The signs may be attached, detached, or low profile signs. The square footage of these signs shall be counted into the maximum sign area allowed for the district.
(2) Electronic message signs may be allowed as a conditional use in RM-1, RM-2 and PR-1 Districts, when parcels so zoned are located on a road or street where 1 or more adjacent properties are used and zoned for office, commercial or industrial purposes. The square footage of these signs shall be applied towards the maximum sign area allowed in the district.
(3) Electronic message signs may also be allowed as a conditional use for all announcement bulletins, to include schools, churches, civic organizations and public buildings in any district.
(B) All electronic signs that contain an electronic changeable copy module shall be subject to the following limitations in all districts:
(1) Electronic signs may not contain animation or any flashing, scrolling, or any type of video.
(2) Electronic signs shall contain static messages only, changed only through dissolve or fade transitions, but which may otherwise not have movement, or the appearance or optical illusion of movement or varying light intensity, of any part of the sign structure, design or pictorial segment of the sign. The change of messages using a dissolve or fade transition shall not exceed 3 seconds of time between each message displayed on the sign.
(3) Electronic message signs for all announcement bulletins that are detached shall not be located within 100 feet of any current or future residential single and 2 family use as zoned or designated in the master plan for the township, as measured from the base of the sign to the nearest point of the residential property. The announcement bulletin must also have frontage on a road or street as required for the district in which they are located.
(4) Messages displayed shall only direct attention to a business, product, service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered on the premises on which the sign is located including contiguous or adjacent property under the same ownership. Community emergency alerts such as inclement weather or Amber alerts, time and temperature, and public service announcements are exempt from this requirement.
(5) Electronic signs shall not cause glare or rapid blinking, not be intensely lighted that may create a nuisance or hazard to vehicular traffic, pedestrians, adjacent properties or is otherwise detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare. These signs shall have a minimum of 8 second intervals between screen changes.
(6) Electronic signs shall have automatic dimmer software or solar sensors to control brightness for nighttime viewing.
(7) Electronic message signs operating between sunset and sunrise shall be set at not more than 40% of the maximum capable light output.
(8) Applications for sign permits containing an electronic display shall include the manufacture’s specifications including the maximum capable light output.
(9) No more than 1 electronic sign is permitted per premises, regardless of the number of signs permitted or the number of uses. If a business use has frontage on 2 or more roads/streets 1 additional electronic message sign may be allowed as a conditional use.
(C) (1) All electronic signs that contain an electronic changeable copy module shall be subject to the following limitations in all office, commercial and industrial districts:
(2) In the office, commercial and industrial districts the electronic message sign may be an attached sign, a low profile sign, or a detached sign not to exceed 20 feet in height.
(D) All electronic signs that contain an electronic changeable copy module shall be subject to the following limitations in the RM-1, RM-2 and PR-1 districts, and for announcement bulletins placed in any residential district:
(1) Electronic message signs shall be placed perpendicular to the street onto which it is constructed.
(2) Electronic message signs located within the RM-1, RM-2 and PR-1 districts may have a detached low profile sign, or an attached sign.
(Am. Ord. passed - -)