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1 the Ramsey city limits. Off -premises digital billboard signs are not allowed in any <br />2 residential or planned unit development (PUD) zoning district. <br />3 b. Number of off -premises digital billboard signs. A total of three off -premises digital <br />4 billboard signs shall be permitted within the entirety of the off -premises digital bill- <br />5 board sign overlay district. <br />6 c. Separation distance between off -premises digital billboard signs. Off -premises <br />7 digital billboard signs shall have a separation distance of at least two miles be- <br />8 tween each site in which they are located. <br />9 d. Size. Off -premises digital billboard signs shall not exceed 700 square feet in sur- <br />10 face area per sign surface. <br />11 e. Number of surfaces. Off -premises digital billboard signs shall not contain more <br />12 than two sign surfaces. Said sign surfaces shall face in opposite directions with <br />13 an interior angle not to exceed 45 degrees. <br />14 f. Height. Off -premises digital billboard signs shall not exceed 50 feet in height as <br />15 measured from the established grade of the site upon which the off -premises <br />16 signs and digital billboards is located. <br />17 g. Conditional use. Off -premises digital billboard signs shall be processed in ac- <br />18 cordance with the procedures established for conditional use permits in Section <br />19 106-230 of City Code. <br />20 (3) Off -premises digital billboard sign overlay district performance standards: The off-prem- <br />21 ises digital billboard sign overlay district is hereby established as a separate zoning dis- <br />22 trict within the city. Within the off -premises digital billboard sign overlay district, off-prem- <br />23 ises digital billboard signs are permitted subject to the following conditions: <br />24 a. No off -premises digital billboard signs shall be erected that, by reason of position, <br />25 shape, movement, or color, interferes with the proper functioning of a traffic sig- <br />26 nal or which constitutes a traffic hazard. <br />27 b. Off -premises digital billboard signs shall not be located so as to extend over any <br />28 property line or within a drainage and utility easement, or within 15 feet of any <br />29 point of vehicular access from a parcel to a public roadway. <br />30 c. Off -premises digital billboard signs must have an architecturally enhanced base. <br />31 d. Off -premises digital billboard signs must have minimum display duration of seven <br />32 seconds. Such display shall contain static messages only; change from one <br />33 static message to another shall be instantaneous without any special effects, <br />34 through dissolve or fade transitions, or with the use of another subtle transition <br />35 technique that does not have the appearance of moving text or images. <br />36 e. Off -premises digital billboard signs must be rectangular in shape and all mes- <br />37 sages must be contained within the off -premises digital billboard frame. <br />38 f. All off -premises digital billboard signs shall have ambient light monitors installed <br />39 as part of the off -premises digital billboard sign and shall, at all times, allow such <br />40 monitors to automatically adjust the brightness level of the electronic sign based <br />41 on light conditions. <br />42 g. Off -premises digital billboard signs shall meet the following brightness standards: <br />43 i. Off -premises digital billboard signs shall not exceed 7,500 nits (candelas <br />44 per square meter) between the hours of civil sunrise and civil sunset and <br />45 shall not exceed 500 nits (candelas per square meter) between the hours <br />46 of civil sunset and civil sunrise as measured from the face of the sign. <br />Page 28 of 30 <br />