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Ordinance No. 2007- Page 6 provisions of this paragraph do not apply to temporary outdoor advertising signs permitted under Subd. 9 (k) above. Outdoor advertising signs which exist on the effective date of this section shall be considered as nonconforming signs and are subject to standards contained in section 300.29. An outdoor advertising sign is a principal use of property. No permitted or conditionally permitted use or any part of such use may be located on the same parcel of property as such a sign. The parcel on which such a sign is located may not be subdivided to segregate the sign from the remaining property. For the purposes of this paragraph, "parcel of property" means any property for which one property identification number has been issued by the county, or all contiguous property in common ownership as of October 15, 1997, whichever is greater; and sr) any sign not expressly permitted by the provisions in section 300.30. Section 6. City code §300.30 is amended by the addition of a new subdivision 14 to read as follows: 14. Dynamic Displays. Drivers can be distracted not only by a changina message but also by knowing that the exception to these concerns because the messaaes are short. easily absorbed, and become inaccurate without frequent chances. should have the opportunity to use these technoloaies with certain restrictions. The restrictions are intended to minimize potential driver distraction and to minimize proliferation in residential districts where sians can adversely impact residential character. Local spacing requirements could interfere with the eaual opportunity to use such technoloaies and are not included. Without those reauirements however there is the The str-ictCeit language is deleted; the underlined language is inserted. 6- sign in order to wait for the end. Additionally, drivers are more distracted by special effects used to change the message such as fade-ins and fade-outs. Finally drivers