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C. Manual Changeable Message Sign. No more than 35 percent of the actual sign area of a permitted sign in a nonresidential sign district shall be capable of displaying manually changing messages. The remainder of the sign area shall not have the capability to change messages even if not used. Manual changing message signs shall not include dynamic displays. D. Adult Use Signs. In addition to this Chapter, all adult use-oriented signs shall comply with the sign requirements in Chapter 1340 Use-Specific Standards. Where any provisions of this Chapter conflict, the provision that is more stringent shall be applied. Subd. 3 Dynamic Display Signs. A. Dynamic displays on signs are allowed as described herein, except as prohibited by state or federal law, and with certain standards and restrictions to ensure health, safety, and welfare. B. Any sign using a dynamic display, in whole or in part, must meet the following standards: 1. Dynamic display signs shall be permitted for nonresidential uses abutting a major arterial or collector street. No dynamic display sign shall be erected facing or located on a lot line adjacent to a property used for residential. 2. Dynamic display signs shall only be permitted on freestanding signs. 3. Only one, contiguous dynamic display area is allowed on a sign face. The dynamic display may occupy no more than 40% of the actual sign copy area. The remainder of the sign must not have the capability to have dynamic displays. 4. Speakers or any audio component is prohibited. The sign shall not emit any sound. 5. No portion of the sign may change or have the background in a manner of displaying or characterizing motion. Including flash, scroll, twirl, change color, illusion of moving objects, moving patterns, or bands of light or expanding or contracting shapes, fluctuating in light intensity or use intermittent, strobe, bursts, or moving light, streams, zooms, twinkles, sparkles. Any manner that creates the illusion of movement other than a permitted transitions is prohibited. 6. Duration. The portion of the dynamic display sign must have a minimum duration of 10 seconds and must be a static display. 7. Transition. On any portion of the sign that changes, the change sequence must be accomplished by means of instantaneous transition. Fading, dissolving, scrolling, traveling, or any transition that creates the illusion of movement is prohibited. 8. Brightness. The dynamic display sign must not exceed a maximum illumination of 5,000 nits (candelas per square meter) during daylight hours and a maximum illumination of 500 nits (candelas per square meter) between dusk to dawn as measured from the sign’s face at maximum brightness. 9. Dimmer Control. Electronic graphic display signs must have an automatic dimmer control to produce a distinct illumination change from a higher illumination level to a lower level for the time period between one half-hour before sunset and one half-hour after sunrise. 10. Dynamic displays must be designed and equipped to freeze the device in one position if a malfunction occurs. The displays must also be equipped with a means to immediately discontinue the display if it malfunctions, and the sign owner must immediately turn off the dynamic display when notified by the city that it is not complying with the standards of this chapter. 11. Dynamic displays must comply with the outdoor lighting standards contained in subsection 1360.08. C. Drive-up window menu board 1. Location: All drive-up menu board signs shall be single sided and located adjacent to the drive- up lane and shall not be located in any required setback. Signs may be affixed to the building. 2. Height: A drive-up menu board sign shall not exceed 8 feet above grade in height. 3. Size: A drive-up menu board sign shall not exceed 40 square feet. 4. Number: Up to two drive-up menu board signs are permitted per lane. The total surface area of the two signs shall not exceed 40 square feet each. 5. A drive- up menu board signs shall comply with the following standards: a. The images, colors, and text may not change more than five times per day; 7