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124 minimize their proliferation and their potential threats to public safety . (B) Permitted Signs. Dynamic displays are not outright pem1itted within any zoning district within the City . solel y as free standing monument signs and only in the C Commercial, [ lndustriaL ROS Recreation! Open Space. Dynamic Display Signs shall comply with the height, size, arrangement. set back, location, and other applicable provisions of this Chapter and the district in which the sign is lo cated. (C) Conditionally Permitted Signs. Dynamic Displays are conditionally permitted solely as free -standing monument ground signs with the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit from the City Council only in the R 1-Single Family Residential District to display non-commercial or public service announcements when displayed on the site of an approved public or quasi-public land use, the C-CommerciaL I -Industrial, and ROS -Recreation/Open Space D istricts. Dynamic Display Signs shall comply with the height, size, arrangement, set back, location, and other applicable provisions of this Chapter and the district in which the sign is located. The conditions with respect to the issuance of any Conditional Use Permit for a Dynamic Display Sign shall cover at least the following: (I) Aesthetics of the sign, including, but not limited to message color, construction materials, and landscaping; (2) Location of the sign with regard to the surrounding area; and (3) Position/layout of the sign with regard to the surrounding area. (D) Size of Display. D ynamic Displays may occupy no more than 35% of the actual copy and graphic area allowed by the zoning district for which it is located in. The remainder of the sign must not have the capability to have Dynamic Displays even if not used. Only one, contiguous Dynamic Display area is allowed on a sign face . Additionally, the remainder of the sign must not have the capability to have a readerboard sign as defined herein. (E) Size of Copy. Every line of copy and graphics in a Dynamic Display must be at least seven inches in height on a road with a speed limit of 25 to 34 miles per hour, nine inches on a road with a speed limit of 35 to 44 hour, 12 inches on a road with a speed limit of 45 to 54 miles per hour, and 15 inches on a road with a speed limit of 55 miles per hour or more. If there is insufficient room for copy and graphics of this size in the area allowed under clause (D) above, then no Dynamic Display is allowed . Fuel stations may integrate a Gas Price Display sign into a changeable copy sign, provided the OOJTY height shall not e)rneed 18 inches, the display shall not exceed six square feet, the coy is limited to numeric characters only, and the copy shall be a static display using a single color and shall not scroll , flash, blink, or include animated copy or graphics. (F) Duration of Image. The images and messages displayed on a Dynamic Display Sign must be static. A Dynamic Display 's image, or any portion thereof, may not change more often than once every 2-0 15 minutes 8 seconds in ROS and R 1 Districts, except one for which changes are necessary to correct hour-and-minute, date, or temperature information. Due to the increased uantit)' and distance between s ia ns, a Dy namic Dis la ·'s image, or an 1 ortion thereof, ma