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(8) Conditional use. Off-premises digital billboard signs shall be processed in accordance with the procedures established for conditional use permits in section 117-51. (c)Off-premises digital billboard sign overlay district performance standards:The off-premises digital billboard sign overlay district is hereby established as a separate zoning district within the city.Within the off-premises digital billboard sign overlay district, off-premises digital billboard signs are permitted subject to the following conditions: (1) No off-premises digital billboard signs shall be erected that, by reason of position,shape, movement, or color, interferes with the proper functioning of a traffic signal or which constitutes a traffic hazard. (2)Off-premises digital billboard signs shall not be located so as to extend over any property line or within a drainage and utility easement, or within 15 feet of any point of vehicular access from a parcel to a public roadway. (3)Off-premises digital billboard signs must have an architecturally enhanced base. (4)Off-premises digital billboard signs must have minimum display duration of seven (7)seconds. Such display shall contain static messages only; change from one static message to another shall be instantaneous without any special effects,through dissolve or fade transitions, or with the use of another subtle transition technique that does not have the appearance of moving text or images. (5)Off-premises digital billboard signs must be rectangular in shape and all messages must be contained within the off-premises digital billboard frame. (6)All off-premises digital billboard signs shall have ambient light monitors installed as part of the off- premises digital billboard sign and shall, at all times, allow such monitors to automatically adjust the brightness level of the electronic sign based on light conditions. (7)Off-premises digital billboard signs shall meet the following brightness standards: a. Off-premises digital billboard signs shall not exceed 7,500 nits(candelas per square meter) between the hours of civil sunrise and civil sunset and shall not exceed 500 nits(candelas per square meter) between the hours of civil sunset and civil sunrise as measured from the face of the sign.The light level shall not exceed 0.3-foot candles above ambient light as measured from a pre-set distance depending on sign size. Measuring distance shall be determined using the following equation:the square root of the message center sign area multiplied by 100. Example: 12 square foot sign V(12 x 100)=34.6 feet measuring distance. (8)Off-premises digital billboard signs shall have a fully functional monitoring off switch system that shuts the dynamic display off-premises sign off when the display deteriorates, in any fashion,five percent or greater until the dynamic display sign has been repaired to its fully functional factory specifications. (9)Off-premises billboard signs must be part of the state of Minnesota's public safety alert system. (10)Applicants for an off-premises digital billboard signs permit shall enter into an agreement with the city to provide the city no less than 20 hours(provided in 9,000 eight-second spots) per month per dynamic display off-premises sign face in the city for community and public service messages at such times as shall be reasonably determined by the city.This agreement must be approved by the city council before a permit for the construction or conversion of an off-premises signs and digital billboard may be issued by the building official. Sec. 117-464. Prohibited signs. (a) "A"frame or sandwich board signs. "A"frame or sandwich board signs are prohibited. (b) Advertising device signs. Advertising device signs are prohibited except as provided for in section 117-465. Created: 2021-07-01 14:42:48 [EST] (Supp. No. 10,Update 2) Page 6 of 15