(A) Electronic business identification signs are permitted in the B-3 Zoning District as a use by right and in the B-1, O&I, B-2, I-1, and I-2 Zoning Districts as a special use.
(B) Only one electronic business identification sign shall be permitted per property/premises unless permitted as a special use per § 155.066.
(C) Each electronic business identification sign shall require a permit.
(D) Electronic business identification signs shall be set back at least ten feet from any right-of-way line or property line and shall not obstruct the vision of a street intersection for a distance of 50 feet from the right-of-way of the intersection.
(E) No business identification sign shall be permitted that exceeds 30 square feet of sign area unless permitted as a special use per § 155.066.
(F) No business identification sign shall exceed 40 feet in height measured from the finished grade of the lot to the top of the sign structure.
(G) Message/display regulations in the B-3 Zoning District.
(1) Text messages may only contain text, letters, numbers and/or characters.
(2) Text messages must be displayed on a solid background, with the background being a darker color than the text.
(3) No neon or high intensity colors may be used as a background.
(4) Graphics displays may be used if they are a static image/picture and are not animated in any way.
(5) Messages/displays that change are regulated as follows:
(a) Messages/displays may not change more frequently than once every ten seconds.
(b) Messages/displays must change instantaneously.
(c) Any message/display that change shall not flash, blink, pulsate, fluctuate, or animate across the screen.
(H) Illumination in the B-3 Zoning District.
(1) The electronic business identification sign shall not exceed 5000 nits from sunrise to sunset and it shall not exceed 500 nits from sunset to sunrise.
(2) The electronic business identification sign shall be equipped with a sensor or other device that automatically determines ambient illumination and programmed to automatically dim according to the requirements of division (H)(1) above.
(3) Before a sign permit is issued, the sign company shall certify the illumination specifications for the proposed sign.
(I) Other conditions.
(1) Electronic business identification signs shall have a mechanism to turn it off if a malfunction occurs.
(2) The displaying of videos is prohibited.
(3) No audio speakers or any form of pyrotechnics shall be permitted.
(4) See also § 155.066 regarding conditions in B-1, O&I, B-2, I-1 and I-2 Zoning Districts.
(Ord. 2013-7-23-23, passed 7-23-2013; Ord. 2014-4-8-28, passed 4-8-2014; Ord. 2018-O-58, passed 1-9-2018; Ord. 2018-Z-3, passed 3-13-2018; Ord. 2021-Z-19, passed 6-22-2021)