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Ordinance 864 Page 4 d e. The City allows off-site dynamic display signs subject to Section 1008.10, subdivision 6 (Billboards) of the City’s Code, the above-mentioned standards for all dynamic display signs, and the following operational standards and additional conditions: (1) The images and messages displayed on the billboard must be static and each display must be maintained for a minimum of fifteen (15) eight (8) seconds. The transition from one (1) static display to another must be instantaneous and without any special effects or videos. (2) Only billboards located adjacent to Interstate 35W not less than 1,000 feet from any residentially zoned property in the City of Mounds View may be retrofit to a dynamic display, and only subsequent to a building permit issued by the City. One hundred percent (100%) of the sign face may be used for dynamic display. The owner of the billboard shall apply to the City for and the City shall issue a permit to retrofit up to one hundred percent (100%) of one (1) sign face of an existing billboard structure with a dynamic display if the responsible person, applicant or contractor meets all the following requirements: (a) The applicant or contractor may only convert one (1) sign face on a billboard structure per request. (b) The applicant or sign owner agrees in writing to the permanent removal of two (2) billboard sign surfaces or faces in Mounds View within thirty (30) days after the City issues the permit for each dynamic display surface. The required removals shall include the complete removal of the billboard structure and foundation supporting each removed sign surface or sign face. The applicant must agree that the City may remove the sign structure and surfaces if the applicant does not do so, and the permit application must identify the sign surfaces to be removed and the applicant shall submit to the City a cash deposit, letter of credit or other form of financial security acceptable to the City Attorney 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) (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.