§ 7.5. Illumination of On-Premises and Off-Premises Signs.

A. 

External Lighting Directed Inward and Shielded from Adjacent Residential Districts and Rights-of-Way. Any external lighting intended for the illumination of the face of a sign shall be directed inward and shielded from any adjacent residential districts and public right-of-way, and shall not adversely affect driver visibility or adjacent public thoroughfares. No external light source intended to illuminate the face of a sign shall be directly visible from any adjacent property located within a residential zone district and public right-of way.

B. 

Blinking or Flashing Lights. On-premises signs displaying blinking or flashing lights are only permitted within the CCBD and CC zoning districts, and shall be limited as follows:

1. 

No light shall blink, flash, or change its intensity or color more often than one time every 10 seconds.

2. 

If a sign displays images or messages that change automatically, each image on such sign that is visible from a public street shall remain unchanged and unmoving for a minimum of eight seconds before changing. A sign that displays text messages in a continuous scrolling movement (e.g., ticker-type signs) is exempt from this provision.

C. 

No Beacon or Strobe Lights. Beacon lights and strobe lights are not permitted.

D. 

Colored Lights. No colored lights shall be used at any location or in any manner so as to be confused with or construed as traffic-control devices.

E. 

No Traffic Hazard. Neither the direct nor reflected light from light sources shall create a traffic hazard to operators of motor vehicles on public rights-of-way.

F. 

Automatic changeable copy signs utilizing external lighting directed toward the sign face shall not change images more often that once every 10 seconds.

Amended 8-19-2013 by Ord. No. 1912