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ORDINANCE 2013-17 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 15, SECTION 3, SUBSECTION (B)(10) OF THE CITY OF CODY CODE: ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARDS AND ANIMATED SIGNS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF CODY, PARK COUNTY, WYOMING: Title 10, Chapter 15, Section 3, Subsection (B)(10) of the City of Cody Code shall be amended as follows: 10. Electronic Message Boards and Animated Signs: a. Not more than one electronic message board sign may be permitted per zoning lot. b. Electronic message boards and animated signs shall not display off- premise commercial advertising. c. Electronic message boards and animated signs are not permitted in residential sign districts. d. The leading edge of the sign must be a minimum distance of one hundred feet (100') from an abutting residential zoning district boundary. e. Electronic message boards must utilize an automatic dimmer control so as to not exceed a maximum luminance of five thousand (5,000) nits (candelas per square meter) during daylight hours (from sunrise to sunset), and a maximum luminance of five hundred (500) nits (candelas per square meter) from sunset to sunrise. f. The use of audio speakers is prohibited in association with a sign. g. Electronic message boards and animated signs shall be permitted only in the following sign districts: D-2, D-3, and E industrial. In addition, electronic message boards and animated signs may be permitted in the downtown business sign district, but must have special approval by the planning and zoning board. Approval will be based on consideration of adjacent signage, the size of the proposed signage, and compliance with applicable sign requirements of the Wyoming Department of Transportation. This Ordinance shall become effective at the final passage and publication in the Cody Enterprise as required by law. PASSED ON FIRST READING: September 17, 2013 PASSED ON SECOND READING: _____October 1, 2013_____ PASSED ON THIRD READING: _______October 15, 2013___ Nancy Tia Brown, Mayor Attest: Baker, Administrative Services Director