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Attachment 3 D YNAMIC B ILLBOARD S TANDARDS Vadnais Heights 1 Section 38-700 – Billboards 2 (a) General Requirements: 3 (1) Billboards may be erected along and intended to be viewed from only Interstate Highways 4 35E and 694. Billboards are allowed only in the following zoning districts: C-2, C-3, office 5 and industrial districts. 6 (2) The maximum allowable size of any billboard is 700 square feet. The maximum allowable 7 extensions shall not exceed 15 percent of the total sign area. 8 (3) The maximum allowable height of any billboard is 35 feet. 9 (4) The minimum allowable distance between billboards as measured along the centerline of I- 10 35E and I-694 is 1,500 feet. 11 (5) The minimum allowable proximity of any billboard to any residential zoning district or a 12 nonconforming residential structure is 500 feet. 13 (6) The minimum allowable proximity of any billboard to any interstate or state trunk highway 14 right-of-way is ten feet, and the maximum distance from the same is 150 feet. 15 (7) The minimum allowable proximity of a billboard to any building (except as set forth in 16 subsection (5) of this section) shall be 100 feet for billboards of 700 square feet or more. This 17 setback may be reduced by ten feet for every 100 square feet of sign area less than 700 square 18 feet to a minimum of 60 feet. 19 (8) No portion of any billboard shall occupy air space above any driveway or parking area. 20 (9) No billboard may display any moving parts, nor shall it be illuminated with any flashing or 21 intermittent lights. 22 (10)The minimum allowable proximity of any billboard to any designated wetland is 500 feet. 23 (b) Lighting. Lighting shall be limited to a level necessary for viewing. 24 (c) Additional requirements for dynamic signs. 25 (1) Billboards may contain a single dynamic sign that has no animation or moving parts. 26 (2) The minimum duration of the image can be no less than eight seconds. 27 (3) The image must have a change sequence accomplished by means of instantaneous re- 28 pixelization (eliminating fading between images). 29 (4) The sign image must contain a complete message and not be continued to a subsequent 30 image. 31 (5) Dynamic signs must provide to the city a minimum of five hours (2,250 eight-second 32 spots) per month per enhanced dynamic display sign in the city for community and public 33 service messages at such times as shall be determined by the city. Qbhf!85!pg!363