23.55.005

A. Development standards. Video display may be used on a sign when the sign meets all of the following development standards, except as allowed in Part 4 of Chapter 23.55 : 1. The sign is an on-premises sign; 2. The sign is not located in a residential, NC1, or NC2 zone, Special Review District, Historical District, Preservation District, or shoreline environment; 3. The sign meets one of the following criteria: a. The sign face is not visible from a street, driveway, surface parking area, or lot that is owned by a different person or entity, in which case the size of the sign is not limited by this subsection 23.55.005.A, and the standards for duration or pause periods and subsection 23.55.005.A.5 do not apply; or b. The sign area is less than or equal to 1,000 square inches and no single dimension of the sign exceeds three feet; or c. The sign meets the standards set out in subsection 23.55.005.B, in addition to meeting all other standards of this subsection 23.55.005.A. 4. The maximum height for any sign using a video display method is 15 feet above existing grade. Pole signs using a video display method shall be at least 10 feet above the ground; 5. The sign is at least 35 linear feet in any direction from any other sign that uses a video display method; 6. When located within 50 feet of a lot in a residential zone, any part of the sign using a video display method is oriented so that no portion of the sign face is visible from an existing or permitted principal structure on that lot; 7. Duration: Any portion of the message that uses a video display method shall have a minimum duration of two seconds and a maximum duration of five seconds. Calculation of the duration shall not include the number of frames per second used in a video display method. Calculation of the maximum duration shall include the time used for any other display methods incorporated within that portion of the message displayed using a video display method; 8. Pause Between Video Portions of Message. There shall be 20 seconds of still image or blank screen following every message using a video display method; 9. Audio speakers are prohibited in association with a sign using a video method of display; 10. Between dusk and dawn the video display shall be limited in brightness to no more than 500 nits (candela per square meter) when measured from the sign's face at its maximum brightness; and 11. Signs using a video display method may be used after dusk only until 11 p.m. or, if the advertising is an on-premises message about an event at the site where the sign is located, for up to one hour after said event. B. In lieu of complying with subsection 23 . 55 . 005.A.3, the Director of SDCI shall allow video display methods on a sign if the sign meets all of the following development standards: 1. The sign is within the area shown on the map attached as Exhibit 23.55.005.A and not within a Special Review District, Historic District, Preservation District, residential zone, or shoreline environment; 2. The sign is a minimum distance of 15 feet from the curb; and 3. The maximum size of the sign is 20 square feet as independently applied to each sign face, including framework and border. C. Video Signs Previously Erected. On-premises signs using the video method of display, that have permits authorizing use of that method of display issued prior to August 1, 2001, may continue to use the video method of display authorized in the permit provided that they meet the standards of subsections 23.55.005.A.6 through 23.55.005.A.11 within 180 days from September 9, 2001. Previously erected and permitted signs that use a video method of display located within the area shown on the map attached as Exhibit A are not subject to the foregoing standards of this Section 23.55.005 except those in subsection 23.55.005.A.1. If the video method of display is terminated for 180 days or the sign is relocated or reconstructed, then the video method of display cannot be used except in conformance with the development standards of this Section 23.55.005 . (Ord. 125869 , § 3, 2019; Ord. 124919 , § 143, 2015; Ord. 121477 § 34, 2004; Ord. 120466 , § 2, 2001.) Exhibit A