Sign, electronic message center.
Long Beach Municipal Code § 21.15.2577
in effect21.15.2577 - Sign, electronic message center.
"Electronic message center sign" is a sign whose alphabetic, pictographic, or symbolic informational content can be changed or altered on a fixed display surface composed of electrically-illuminated or mechanically-driven changeable segments. This includes signs whose informational content can be changed or altered by means of computer- or circuit-driven electronic impulses. An electronic message center sign displays only on-site sign copy, information, and advertising; otherwise it shall be considered a billboard. Electronic message center sign does not include a sign that displays only time, date, and/or temperature if it is six (6) square feet or smaller.
(ORD-13-0014 § 7, 2013; Ord. C-7500 § 21, 1997)
Source: City of Long Beach, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/long_beach/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT21ZO_CH21.15DE_21.15.2577SIELMECEFetched: 10/28/2026