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ORDINANCE NO. 15-07, SECOND SERIES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 OF THE CITY CODE REGARDING SIGNS CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES COUNTY OF CROW WING STATE OF MINNESOTA The City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes does ordain as follows: Purpose and Intent: The purpose of this ordinance amendment is to amend Chapter 17 of the Pequot Lakes City Code relating to Signs. Amendment: Chapter 17, Section 17-7.1 SIGNS, shall be amended as follows: (8) Dynamic Displays, including displays used for advertising the price of gasoline: Any sign using a dynamic display, in whole or in part, must meet the following operational standards: (a) Size: The total amount of area of dynamic displays on a property shall not exceed 32 square feet. Each side of a two-sided sign shall be counted towards to the cumulative amount of signage allowed. (b) Location: The dynamic display sign must be located at least one hundred (100) feet from any property where there are structures used for residential purposes. (c) Duration: The full sign image or any portion thereof must have a minimum duration of two hours and must be a static display. No portion of the image may flash, scroll, twirl, change color, or in any manner imitate movement. (d) 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. (f) 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 a 112-hour before sunset and a 112-hour after sunrise. (g)Fluctuating or Flashing Illumination: No portion of any dynamic display sign may fluctuate in light intensity or use intermittent, strobe or moving light or light that changes in