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4.Variance:A sign permit applicant or permit holder may appeal an order or determination <br />by making an application for a variance. A variance request must follow the procedures <br />established in Section 1013.02, and shall be processed in accordance with Minnesota <br />Statutes Section 15.99 and Section 1014.04 of this Code. <br />11.0DS <br />YNAMICIGNS <br />This new section has been created to address/clarify electronic signs and message <br />centers currently referred to as flashing signs under our Code. <br />1010.10 Dynamic Displays <br />Dynamic Display <br />A.Any sign using a dynamic display, in whole or in part, must meet the <br />following operational standards: <br />1.Duration: In all districts, the full sign image or any portion thereof must have a <br />minimum duration of 25 seconds and must be a static display. No portion of the <br />image may flash, scroll, twirl, change color, or in any manner imitate movement. <br />2.Transition: In all districts where the full sign image or any portion thereof <br />changes, the change sequence must be accomplished by means of instantaneous <br />repixalization. Fading, dissolving, scrolling, traveling, or any transition that <br />creates the illusion of movement is prohibited. <br />3.Brightness: The dynamic display sign must not exceed a maximum illumination <br />of 5,000 nits (candelas per square meter) during daylight hours and a maximum <br />illumination of 500 nits (candelas per square meter) between dusk to dawn as <br />measured from the sign’s face at maximum brightness. <br />4.Dimmer Control: Electronic graphic display signs must have an automatic <br />dimmer control to produce a distinct illumination change from a higher <br />illumination level to a lower level for the time period between one half-hour <br />before sunset and one half-hour after sunrise. <br />5.Fluctuating or Flashing Illumination: No portion of any dynamic display sign may <br />fluctuate in light intensity or use intermittent, strobe or moving light or light that <br />changes in intensity in sudden transitory bursts, streams zooms, twinkles, <br />sparkles, or in any manner that creates the illusion of movement. <br />6.Video Display: No portion of any dynamic display sign may change its message <br />or background in a manner or by a method of display characterized by motion or <br />pictorial imager, or depict action or a special effect to imitate movement, or the <br />presentation of pictorials or graphics displayed in a progression of frames that <br />give the illusion of motion or the illusion of moving objects, moving patterns, or <br />bands of light or expanding or contracting shapes. <br />7.Time and Temperature: A display of time, date, and temperature must remain for <br />at least 60 seconds before changing to a different display. However, individually, <br />the time, date, or temperature information may change no more often than once <br />every 10 seconds. <br />12.0MSP <br />ASTERIGNLANS <br />PROJ0013_SignRegulations_RPCA_040412 <br /> <br />