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Ordinance 864 Page 4 sufficient to pay the City’s costs for that removal. The applicant also must agree that they are removing the sign surfaces voluntarily, that the applicant or owner has no right to compensation from any governmental unit for the removed sign surfaces under any law and that the applicant or owner has no right to rebuild or relocate the billboard elsewhere in Mounds View. Replacement of an existing sign surface of a billboard with a dynamic display sign does not constitute a removal of a sign surface. (c) If the removed sign surface is one that the state required a state permit, the applicant must surrender its permit to the state upon removal of the sign surface. The sign that is the subject of the dynamic display sign permit cannot be turned on or begin to operate until the sign owner or operator provides proof to the City that the state permit has been surrendered. (d) The billboard removal must be complete and inspected by the City before the owner or operator turns on or puts into operation the dynamic display sign. (3) Dynamic Display billboards shall not operate at a brightness level of more than 0.3 foot candles above ambient light, as measured at a distance of 250 feet. (4) (e) Public Safety. If City staff determines that a dynamic display sign is not being operated pursuant to this Chapter due to its location or display capabilities, City staff can require the sign owner or operator to move, remove or modify the sign after the City notifies the property owner or operator about the operational issues. (3) Mounds View intends the provisions of this Chapter and Sections about billboards to provide an incentive option for the voluntary and uncompensated removal of off-site signs or billboards. The City bases these provisions on the recognition that the incentive creates an opportunity to consolidate outdoor advertising signs and services that would otherwise remain in Mounds View. SECTION 2. In accordance with Section 3.07 of the City Charter, City staff shall have the following summary printed in the official City newspaper in lieu of the complete ordinance: On October 10, 2011, the City Council adopted Ordinance 864 that amends Section 1008.10 of the Mounds View City Code to reduce the amount of time that messages must be maintained on dynamic display signs from ten seconds to three seconds for on-premises signs and from fifteen seconds to eight seconds for off-premises signs (billboards.) In addition, the ordinance eliminated the provision which required two billboard faces to be removed for every one billboard face converted to a dynamic display, and restricted dynamic billboard faces to locations adjacent to I-35W. A printed copy of the ordinance is available for inspection during regular business hours at Mounds View City Hall and is available on line at the City’s web site located at www.ci.mounds-view.mn.us.