05-10-07 Planning Comm. Agenda - Laserfiche WebLink

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• Limited Text (electronic changeable copy sign) • Audio or pyrotechnics • Brightness (video display sign, electronic graphic display sign, electronic display billboard) • Dimmer control (video display sign, electronic graphic display sign, electronic display billboard) • Default mechanism (multi-vision sign) • Transition (electronic display billboard) • Fluctuating or flashing illumination (electronic display billboard) • Video display (electronic display billboard) Plymouth also established general regulations and restrictions for electronic changeable copy signs and electronic graphic display signs, regarding the following: • Visibility of the light source • Maximum illumination levels • Restrictions in changes of light color, intensity, movement, etc. • Visibility from public right-of-ways • Size • Character size • Duration of messages • Restriction of visible moving parts • Percentage of the total sign that can be electronic • Setbacks from property lines • Setbacks from residential property • Limited hours of illumination Moratorium. While some communities have chosen to immediately amend their Ordinance, other communities have chosen to establish moratoriums that apply to the erection, installation, reconstruction, or expansion of any electronic billboards and video display signs. Enacting a moratorium allows a community time to review their existing ordinance, conduct research on the impact of electronic billboards and video display signs on traffic safety and aesthetics, and determine the best solution to regulate these signs. The City of Eagan, for example, approved an interim ordinance on January 16, 2007 to establish a moratorium on electronic signage displays in order to allow time for staff to perform a study of internally lighted signs (electronic signage displays) within their city. The City determined that it was worthwhile to perform a study of the impacts of the technology because internally lit signs of this kind did not exist when their current Sign Code was adopted. The City of Arden Hills also adopted an. ordinance to place a moratorium on the construction of new and the modification of existing electronic changeable copy signs, electronic graphic display signs, video display signs, flashing signs, and multi-visions signs on all sizes in all sign districts for the period of one year. The City had determined 4