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downward and away from adjacent properties and: rights -of -way. <br />Lights used for external illumination shall be shielded or screened <br />from any roadway, and shall not be visible from. the roadway or <br />sidewalk. <br />2) Changeable Copy, Changeable copy by non -electronic means may <br />be utilized on any permitted .sign in areas where allowed. The <br />changeable. copy area shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the <br />total permitted area for any sign. <br />3) Electronic Message Center (EMC) or Dynarnic Display signs. <br />EMC or dynamic display signs are permitted if erected within fifty <br />(50) feet of the right-of-way for J-Iighway 61 or County Road E <br />within the City of Gem Lake. Only one.(1) such sign is permitted <br />per property, regardless of the number of tenants. Motion is <br />permitted for up to eight (8) seconds for any single set of <br />changeable copy, but the changeable- copy may not change or be. <br />repeated by flashing more than once every sixteen (16) seconds. <br />EMCs: and dynamic displays must have an automatic dimming <br />capability that adjusts the brightness to the ambient light at all <br />times of day or night. <br />4) Any changeable copy area (manual, EMC or dynamic display) may <br />not exceed 40% of the total freestanding sign area permitted to the <br />owner or tenant. <br />e) Features Prohibited on Signs. No sign permitted by these <br />regulations, with or without a permit, shall have: moving, rotating or <br />revolving parts; flashing, rotating or oscillating lights: (except for EMCs <br />and dynamic displays where permitted); neon lights; beacons or <br />searchlights; attached materials such as pennants or streamers; exposed <br />raceways, ballast boxes or transformers; or other clearly similar features. <br />Signs Prohibited if Not Expressly Permitted. Any type of sign or <br />method of sign construction or display that these regulations do not <br />expressly perrnit, or expressly exempt, is hereby prohibited within the City <br />of Gem. Lake. <br />5.3 Construction Standards. The construction,erection, safety and <br />maintenance of all signs shall comply with the Minnesota State Building Code <br />and Electrical Code and all of the following: <br />a) Signs shall bestructurally sound andlocated so as to pose no <br />reasonable threat to pedestrian or vehicular traffic. <br />Ordinance 109 draft 9/16/09 10 <br />