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D.),Illumination; Electronic Message Ceriter'and Changeable Copy Signs Illuminated signs (internal or external) and signs with changeable.copy are not permitted in Residcntial zoning areas and die Neighboxho.od.Edge sub2oneof the Gateway District.. In districts where illuminated :signs or electronic signs are permitted, the use o£.lighting, electronic message. center,: or dynamic display as an element. of a sign is a conditional use. Application for approval of lighting or electronic features shall be made in the manner of a conditional. use permit, using the procedure stated at Section 17.5 of the Zoning Ordinance. 1) Illumination. Internally illuminated signs ate-permitted.in the Neighborhood Mixed -Use and Neighborhood Center subzones only. Externally lit signs shall use -lighting that is directed downward and away from adjacent properties and rights -of -way. Lights used for external illumination shall be shielded or screened from. any roadway,. and shall not be visible from the roadway.or sidewalk.. 2) Changeable Copy. Changeable copy by non -electronic means may .be. utilized on any. permitted sign. in areas where. allowed. The changeable copy area shah not exceed. forty percent (40°/0) of the . total perrilitfed area for any sign.. 3) Electronic Message Center (EMC) or Dynamic Display signs, .EMC or dynamic display signs are permitted if erected within fifty (50) feet of the. right-of-way for Highway 61 or County Road E within the City of Gem Lake. Only one (1) such sign is perrnitted..per propert9; regardless of thc. number. of tenants, Motion is permitted for up to eight (8) seconds. for any single set of chargeable copy, but the.changeable. copy may -not change or be repeated by flashing more. than once. every sixteen (l.6) seeon& EMCs and dynamic -displays :must .have an automaticdimming capability that adjusts e: Yriess::,ta.th6 ambient li tTat all .times of a : oF= t = - s• '= war . ;:: i.. Any1`angealsle Y",Keesta y copy lea (tnanu lG1'Coz dynamic 'splay) may riot exceed-40°Aa.. of the total . wig sign area .ptted.to tbEown"or tenant. : E Fen " es Pro r5 " biteddiba`S` : s' a F ..,., No si ermitted'b -. • These x'`` lions, th` or urithout Ga-"'ermit, sliall have: moviri ,.rotarin o r.:revolvin parts;:ilashing, otating or oscil� #i g liglfts..`(exceptfor E1V Cs, an dynamic displays.where:pd. tted);.neon -lig is beacons ovse . cUghts;. at c e ateriaLs such as .penhan s r streamers; exposed raceways, ballast boxes or transformers; or other clearly similar features. F) Signs Prohibited if Not. Expressly Permitted Any type.o.f.sign or method of sign construction. or display that these regulations do: not expressly petmit, or expressly exempt, is hereby prohibited within the.City.of Gem. Lake. 19.5.3 Construction Standards. The construction, erection, safety and maintenance of all signs shall comply with the Minnesota Stam.BuM.ingCode and Electrical Code and all of the following - A) Signs shall be. structurally sound and located so as topose.no reasonable threat to.pedestrian or vehicular traffic. B) All permanent freestanding. signs .over four feet in. height shall have self-supporting structures erected on or.permanently attached: to concrete foundations. A freestanding sign shall not use guy wires for support. C) Freestanding signs shall be designed for wind pressure of not less than thirty (30) pounds. per square foot. D) Signs should. not. obscure windows or otherarchitectural features of the building.with which they are associated. E) Signs shall not -be placed in locations that interfere with:: safe.vehicular.and pedestrian circulation or public safety signals and signs. Signs. will not be placed in the sight triangles of intersections. F) No sign shall be.erected or: maintained:soas to obstruct and. fire escape; required exit, egress window or door opening. Updated Aire 5; 2017 Gam Lake Consolidated Land Use. Ordinance -- Page 104