1. This Chapter is intended to regulate the use, construction, reconstruction, placement and design of signs and billboards to protect the public peace, health, safety, aesthetics and general welfare.
2. The purpose of this Chapter is to establish reasonable regulations regarding the size, type of construction and anchoring of signs, and to regulate the time, place and manner of their display, in order to:
   1. Promote the public peace, health, and safety of Township residents, property owners, and visitors;
   2. Maintain pedestrian and vehicular safety throughout the Township by reducing the number and types of distractions that are hazardous to motorists and pedestrians, and eliminating signs that impair drivers’ ability to see pedestrians, obstacles, other vehicles, or traffic signs;
   3. Protect the public’s ability to identify establishments and premises; including for emergency response;
   4. Protect the natural beauty and distinctive character of Georgetown Charter Township;
   5. Reduce visual chaos and clutter and achieve some uniformity and balance in the size, number and placement of signs;
   6. Provide an environment that fosters the reasonable growth and development of business and commerce;
   7. Maintain and protect quality of life and enhance property values by promoting well maintained, vibrant and attractive residential and business neighborhoods and avoiding nuisance-like conditions;
   8. Promote effective communication of messages and balance the desire to allow use of signs that are of sufficient, but not excessive, size to perform their intended function with the public’s right to be free of unreasonable distractions and aesthetic intrusions; and
3. It is determined that the regulations contained in this Chapter are the minimum amount of regulation necessary to achieve its purposes.
4. It is further determined that restrictions in this Chapter on the size of signs, their height and placement on property, are the minimum amount necessary to achieve its purposes.
5. Severability: If any court of competent jurisdiction shall declare any part of this Ordinance to be invalid, such ruling shall not affect any other provisions of this Ordinance.

For purposes of this Ordinance, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the following meanings:

1. Billboard. A sign directing attention to commercial or noncommercial goods, services, uses, ideas, products or services not located, conducted, sold, produced, manufactured, offered, or furnished on the lot upon which the sign is located.
2. Business Center. Any two (2) or more businesses or commercial uses that
   1. are located on a single lot; or
   2. are one premises and under one (1) common ownership or management and have a common arrangement for the maintenance of the grounds; or
   3. are connected by common walls, partitions, canopies, other structural members, or walkways to form a continuous building or group of buildings; or
   4. otherwise present the appearance of a single continuous business area.
3. Digital Sign or Billboard. A digital sign or billboard usually consists of (or has a portion or face comprised of) a computer or playback device connected to a large, bright digital screen such as an LCD, LED, computer, plasma, or similar display. Such signs can utilize electronic changeable copy. Generally, the wording on such a sign contains letters, symbols, figures, depictions, and/or numbers that can be electronically or digitally changed or that do change electronically or digitally. Such signs can utilize digital, LED, LCD, plasma, or electronic technology.
4. Directional Sign. An on-site sign used solely to provide non-commercial information directing or assisting the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic (such as enter, exit, and one-way) and parking.
5. Flag. A sign consisting of a piece of cloth or similar material, typically but not necessarily attached to a flagpole or staff.
6. Freestanding Sign. A permanent sign supported by one or more up-rights, posts, poles, or braces placed in or upon the ground surface and not attached to any building, or a sign permanently resting directly on the ground and not attached to any building.
7. Identification Sign. A sign that identifies only the business, owner, resident, property number and/or the street address for the property on which the sign is located, for identification and/or emergency location purposes.
8. Illuminated Sign. A sign that provides artificial light directly (or through any transparent or translucent material) from a source of light connected with or related to such sign, or a sign illuminated by a light so shielded that no direct rays from it are visible from any public right-of-way or from the abutting property. Illumination can be internal or external to a sign.
9. Nonconforming Sign. A sign lawfully existing at the effective date of this Ordinance or Chapter or amendments thereto, and which does not conform to the current sign regulations.
10. Mean Grade. A reference plane representing that arithmetic mean of the lowest and highest grade elevations in an area within five (5) feet of the foundation line of a sign structure, or in the area between the sign structure foundation line and the lot line, in the case where the sign structure foundation line is less than five (5) feet from the lot line.
11. Off-site Sign. Any sign relating to a matter not located on the lot where the sign itself is located.
12. On-site Sign. A sign relating in its subject matter to the lot on which the sign is located, or a sign relating to products, accommodations, services, or activities located on the lot where the sign is located.
13. Plat Entry Sign. A permanent sign located at the entrance of a subdivision, mobile home park, or multiple-family development.
14. Portable Sign. A sign that is not attached, anchored, or secured to a fixed location, that is primarily designed to be movable and can be towed, hauled or driven, such as a portable trailer sign with changeable copy.
15. Roof Sign. Any sign erected, constructed and maintained wholly upon or over the roof of any building with the principal support on the roof structure.
16. Sign. Any display or object that is primarily used to identify or display information about or direct or attract attention to a person, institution, organization, business, product, event, or location, or any religious, political, social, ideological, or other message, by any means which is visible from any public street, sidewalk, alley, park, public property, or public right-of-way.
17. Temporary Sign. A sign constructed of paper, nylon, cloth, canvas, plastic, cardboard, wall board, plywood or other light temporary material with or without a structural frame or any other sign intended for a limited period of display that is not permanently anchored to the ground or a building.
18. Wall Sign. A sign which is attached directly to or painted upon a building wall and which does not extend more than eighteen (18) inches therefrom nor above the roof line, with the exposed face of the sign in a plane parallel to the building wall.

A sign not expressly permitted or allowed by this Ordinance is prohibited. Also, the following are prohibited:

1. Signs not specifically permitted by this Chapter or Code.
   
2. Signs located in, projecting into, or overhanging a public right-of-way or dedicated public easement, except those signs established, maintained or required by the Township, County, State, or Federal government, including banners displayed by the Township, directional signs, or plat entry signs.
   
3. Abandoned signs, which shall be removed within ninety (90) days of the cessation of the business, use or activity.
4. Any sign structure that no longer conveys a message or contains a sign.
   
5. In residential zoning districts or on property used for non-transient residential uses, commercial signs not expressly permitted under this Chapter are prohibited.
   
6. Portable signs, festoons, pennants, banners, inflatable figures, and streamers, and gas or air-filled balloons over three (3) feet in diameter intended to draw attention to a business or other commercial activity, except as expressly allowed in nonresidential zoning districts with an approved permit.
7. A rotating or moving sign in which the sign itself or any portion of the sign moves in a revolving or similar manner. Such motion does not refer to methods of changing copy where expressly allowed by this Chapter.
8. Vehicles or trailers that are parked or located for the primary function of acting as a sign or billboard.
9. Rope lights, string lights or similar lighting attached to, surrounding or otherwise drawing attention to a sign.
10. Snipe signs (such as any unlawful sign posted on a tree, utility post, traffic sign, etc.).
    
11. Signs imitating or resembling official traffic or government signs or signals.
12. Portable freestanding or temporary signs, except where expressly permitted in this Chapter.
13. Any sign that obstructs free access to or egress through or from a required door, window, fire escape, or other required exit from a building or structure.
14. Any sign that makes use of the words “Stop,” “Look,” or “Danger,” or any other words, phrases, symbols, or characters, in such a manner as to interfere with, mislead, or confuse drivers.
15. Roof signs.
16. Signs on street furniture, such as benches and trash receptacles, not including commemorative plaques or engravings that are not larger than one-half (1/2) square foot.
17. Commercial messages on directional signs.
18. Off-site signs, unless expressly permitted in this Chapter.
19. Animated signs.
20. Signs that are otherwise unlawful under county, state, or federal law.
21. Signs that constitute a trespass or are installed on the property of another without permission.
22. Signs that advertise or promote a use of property that is unlawful or prohibited under the Ordinance or any local, state, or federal law.
    

1. The total aggregate sign area of all temporary signs on any one lot shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in area.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, freestanding temporary signs shall not exceed six (6) feet in height and shall not be higher than forty-two (42) inches above mean grade of the yard on which they are placed.
3. Temporary wall signs shall not exceed ten (10) feet in height.
4. Except as otherwise provided, temporary signs on construction sites shall be limited to one temporary sign per lot per street frontage. Such sign shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet and shall be removed within ten (10) days after the issuance of an occupancy permit.
5. For one-, two-, and multi-family housing developments under construction, one temporary sign not to exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in area and eight (8) feet in height is allowed at each entrance to the development. Such sign shall be set back at least fifteen (15) feet from the road right-of-way or the additional distances from which a setback is determined as listed in Chapter 24 footnote (B). Such sign shall not be erected until a building permit has been issued for the development project and construction activity has actually begun. The sign shall be removed within two (2) months of the issuance of the final occupancy permit for the dwellings in the development.
6. Temporary signs on improved properties for sale or lease in non-residential zoning districts shall be limited to one per street frontage, shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in area, shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height, and shall be removed within ten (10) business days after the sale or lease of the property.
7. One temporary sign may be located on vacant land that is for sale or lease and shall be allowed to have a size equal to twelve (12) square feet of area per acre of land or per 100 lineal feet of thoroughfare frontage, but in no case shall the sign exceed 100 square feet of area or be more than ten (10) feet in height.
8. Temporary signs shall not be illuminated.
9. Temporary signs shall not be attached to any utility pole or be located within any public right-of-way.
10. Temporary signs shall not be located closer than twenty (20) feet to the edge of the traveled portion of the roadway and shall not be located in a dedicated right of-way and shall be set back ten (10) feet from all property lines.
11. Temporary signs shall not be erected in such a manner that they will or reasonably may be expected to interfere with, obstruct, confuse, or mislead traffic.
12. Temporary signs shall not be placed or constructed so as to create a hazard of any kind.
    
13. Prior to the erection or placement of a temporary sign, the permission of the property owner where the sign is to be located must be secured.
14. Signs shall comply with the clear vision requirements of this Ordinance.
15. Temporary signs may be displayed for up to 90 continuous days, with at least a 30-day gap between any display period, except for temporary signs that are located on real property that is for sale or lease, in which case the maximum display period for temporary signs on that property shall be the duration that the building, lot, or portion thereof is listed or advertised for sale or lease.
16. One temporary sign up to two (2) square feet of sign area is allowed at any time and without expiration of display time, which sign shall not count toward the maximum aggregate temporary sign area.
17. A flag is considered a temporary sign subject to this Section, except that flags adopted by a nation, state, municipality, or governmental branch or agency may be displayed at any time, without expiration of display time, and without counting toward the maximum aggregate temporary sign area, as follows:
    1. In residential zoning districts, two (2) such flags per lot.
    2. In nonresidential zoning districts, four (4) such flags per lot.
       
18. In addition to the temporary signs permitted above, one (1) additional temporary sign not exceeding twelve (12) square feet is permitted on a lot during such time as an approved temporary use permit is in effect for the lot
    

The entire area on a sign enclosing the extreme limits of writing, representation, emblem, or any figure of similar character, together with any frame or other structural or physical element forming an integral part of the display or used to differentiate such sign from the background against which it is placed; excluding the necessary supports or uprights (which shall have no advertising) on which such sign is placed. Where a sign has two or more faces, the area of all faces in total shall be included in determining the area of the sign, except that where two such faces are placed back to back and are at no point more than two feet from one another, the area of the sign shall be taken as the area of one face if the two faces are of equal area, or as the area of the larger face if the two faces are of unequal area.

1. A noncommercial message may be substituted for a commercial message on any sign constructed or erected in compliance with this Chapter.
   
2. The signs permitted in each zoning district are in addition to the signs that are permitted in other sections of this Chapter, including signs that are permitted in each zoning district but exempted from permits by Section 25.9, and temporary signs permitted under Section 25.4.
   
3. Signs in a Planned Unit Development shall comply with the specific zoning district regulations for the zoning district and uses most closely resembling the uses for which the signs will be utilized in the approved Planned Unit Development, subject to conditions or requirements that may be approved by the Township under Chapter 22.
   
4. Specific zoning district regulations:
   

1. There shall be no flashing, strobe, moving, oscillating, or intermittent illumination of any sign, except time and temperature signs that have no other intermittent illuminated message.
2. All illuminated signs shall be designed and located to prevent the light from being cast upon adjoining residences or abutting roadways and shall be located at least one hundred (100) feet from any residential use or dwelling.
3. The illumination of any sign shall not be detrimental or unreasonably annoying to the resident or occupant of any adjoining property nor constitute a safety hazard, as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
4. This section shall not be deemed to permit illuminated, LED, or digital signs that are otherwise prohibited by this Chapter or this Ordinance. Where another provision of this Chapter or Ordinance imposes a more stringent requirement involving illumination, an LED sign, or a digital sign, the stricter provision shall govern.
5. For changeable copy, digital, LED, or similar signs, the following shall apply:
   1. There shall be no less than seven (7) seconds between message or copy changes.
   2. The slat, panel, or blade twirl time of a tri-vision sign shall be two (2) seconds or less and the blade dwell time (i.e., stationary and able to be read) shall be no less than seven (7) seconds
   3. The rate of change between two (2) static messages shall be one (1) second or less.
   4. Transition from one message to the next shall be instantaneous and shall not fade, scroll or otherwise be animated.
   5. The face of the sign shall be dimmed automatically from 30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise down to 5% of its daylight brightness setting.
   6. The maximum brightness levels for digital or LED signs shall not exceed 0.2 (two tenths) foot-candles over ambient light levels measured at a distance of 150 feet from the face of the sign.
   7. For the purpose of reducing glare, no design shall have a white background. (revised 3/28/16)

1. All signs shall be constructed and maintained in compliance with the Building and Electrical Codes adopted by the Township.
2. All signs shall be reasonably maintained in good repair and condition at all times, and shall not be allowed to become unsightly through disrepair or action of the elements. Exposed surfaces shall be kept clean at all times and shall be properly painted, if paint is required. Defective or damaged portions of a sign must be replaced in a timely fashion.
3. No sign may be constructed, erected, displayed, maintained, reconstituted, or located so that it is unsafe or creates a hazard for vehicle or pedestrian traffic. No sign by reason of its position, shape, color, message, or other characteristics shall interfere with, obstruct the view of, or be confused with any authorized traffic sign, signal, or device, or be distracting to motorists or pedestrians.

1. Permit Required. A sign permit shall be required for the construction, erection, alteration, moving, modification, or removal, or alteration of any sign not expressly exempted.
2. Exemptions. The following signs are permitted in all zoning districts and are exempt from the permitting requirements of this Chapter:
   
   1. Directional signs, street signs, traffic control signs, and other signs when erected, maintained, or posted by the Township, County, State, or Federal government.
      
   2. Directional signs on private property not exceeding four (4) square feet in area.
   3. Identification signs not exceeding one (1) square foot in area per sign, and not exceeding one (1) identification sign per dwelling unit or business.
   4. A governmental flag displaying the name, insignia, emblem or logo of any nation, state, municipality, or governmental branch or agency.
   5. Legal notices regarding hearings, legal rights, public sales or other matters that are required to be posted by a court or governmental agency or by an applicable statute, ordinance, rule or regulation.
      
   6. Signs required to be posted by federal, state or local law to warn of a danger or to prohibit access to property are exempt from the permitting requirements of this Chapter so long as they do not exceed one (1) square foot in area per sign, or the minimum size under applicable law that requires the posting, whichever is smaller.
   7. Temporary signs as permitted in Section 25.4 of this Chapter.
      
   8. Signs on the interior of buildings.
      
   9. Signs that are not visible from any adjacent right-of-way that do not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in area.
      
   10. Official historic designation markers and plaques.
       
   11. Home occupation signs permitted under Section 3.24 of the Ordinance.
       
   12. Properly licensed auto dealerships and properly licensed used car lots may place signs on motor vehicles located on the dealership lot that are offered for sale or trade.
       
   13. No sign permit shall be required for a change solely in the wording of the copy of a sign or billboard since it shall not constitute an alteration for purposes of this Chapter or this Ordinance, unless the result of the change would cause the sign to be reclassified to a type of sign subject to a different or more restrictive regulation, or the business or use occurring on the lot changes and that causes the sign to be reclassified to a type of sign subject to a different or more restrictive regulation.
3. Applications for a sign permit shall be made to the Zoning Administrator upon forms provided by for by the Township and shall be accompanied by the applicable permit fee as may be established by the Township Board. The Zoning Administrator shall not approve a sign that does not conform to the requirements of the Zoning District in which it is located or the requirements of this Chapter or Ordinance and may impose reasonable conditions on a sign permit in accordance with this Chapter or Ordinance.
   
4. Any sign requiring a permit that is erected, altered, moved, modified, or constructed without a permit having first been issued pursuant to this Chapter constitutes a violation of this Ordinance.
   
5. All signs shall meet all applicable building and electrical codes.
   
6. If a sign has not been substantially constructed or erected within one (1) year after issuance of the sign permit, the permit shall be null and void and the sign shall not be constructed or erected without a new permit application and permit.
   

Signs lawfully erected prior to the adoption of this Ordinance that do not meet the standards of this Chapter may continue to exist (but may not be expanded, moved, altered, or modified without fully complying with this Chapter and Ordinance), except as otherwise hereafter provided.

1. No nonconforming sign:
   1. Shall be changed to another nonconforming sign;
   2. Shall be structurally altered so as to prolong the life of the sign or so as to change the shape, size, type or design of the sign; or
   3. Shall be reestablished or continued after the activity, business, or use to which it referred has been discontinued for ninety (90) days or longer. In determining the discontinuance of a use, the Township shall consider such factors as: disconnection of utilities, removal of building fixtures, and property falling into disrepair.
      Any sign that violates any of the above automatically loses its lawful nonconforming status and must either be removed or must fully comply with this Chapter and the other applicable requirements of this Ordinance.
2. Subject to the other portions of this Section 25.10, no person or business shall be required to remove a sign which was erected in compliance with this Chapter if such sign was lawful when erected but becomes nonconforming due to a change occurring after the adoption of this Ordinance in the location of a building, streets, or other signs which change is beyond the control of the owner of the sign and the premises on which a sign is located.
3. If the owner or lessee of a sign on the premises on which a sign is located changes the location of a building, property line, or sign or changes the use of a building or the property, such sign must either be removed or made to conform to this Chapter and Ordinance.
4. Nonconforming signs or billboards may not be altered, modified, expanded, removed, moved, enlarged, replaced, extended, or repaired without being brought into full compliance with all applicable regulations under this Chapter and this Ordinance, except as expressly provided as follows:
   1. A nonconforming sign or billboard may be diminished in size or dimension without jeopardizing its nonconforming use status. As with conforming signs or billboards, a change solely in the wording of the copy of a nonconforming sign or billboard shall not constitute an alteration for purposes of this Chapter or this Ordinance, unless (a) the result of the change would cause the sign to be reclassified to a type of sign subject to a different or more restrictive regulation, or (b)the business or use occurring on the lot changes and that causes the sign to be reclassified to a type of sign subject to a different or more restrictive regulation.
   2. Routine repair to maintain a nonconforming sign in a safe and aesthetic condition exactly as it existed at the time of the enactment of this Chapter or this Ordinance and so as to continue the useful life of the sign shall not constitute an alteration or modification for purposes of this Chapter or this Ordinance, unless the estimated cost of repair exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the replacement cost of the entire sign prior to the repair as determined by the Zoning Administrator. If the estimated cost of repair exceeds fifty percent (50%) of that replacement cost, the right to continue using the nonconforming sign shall thereupon terminate and the sign shall be brought into full compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of this Chapter and this Ordinance.
   3. In no event shall the alteration or modification of a nonconforming sign result in an increase in the nature or degree of any aspect of the sign’s nonconformity.
5. Removal, destruction, or moving of a nonconforming sign shall also result in the immediate loss of its lawful nonconforming status.
6. If a nonconforming sign is damaged by fire, explosion, flood, tornado, snow, ice, accident, lightning, wind, or other calamity, the sign may be restored to the condition exactly as it existed immediately prior to the damage, unless the estimated cost of restoration exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the replacement cost of the entire sign prior to the loss, as determined by the Township Zoning Administrator. If the estimated cost of restoration exceeds fifty percent (50%) of that replacement cost, the right to continue using the nonconforming sign shall thereupon terminate and the sign shall be brought into full compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of this Chapter and this Ordinance prior to further use.
7. If for any reason a nonconforming sign is abandoned or discontinued for a period of greater than 365 consecutive days, the owner shall remove the sign. If the owner does not remove the sign, or if no owner can be found, the Township may remove the sign. If the sign is removed by the Township and the owner is known, the Township shall have the right to recover from the owner of the sign the full costs of removing and disposing of the sign.
8. The burden of proof for establishing or proving the existence or any aspect of a lawful nonconforming sign (as well as the size, scope, intensity, and extent thereof) is on the owner of the property involved.
9. A sign located on a street listed in Chapter 24 footnote (B) which is determined to be nonconforming solely due to its location on a lot relative to noncompliance with front yard setback requirements may be altered, modified, expanded, moved, replaced, extended, or repaired as long as the following conditions are met:
   1. Front yard setback is not further decreased;
   2. The changed sign complies with all other requirements of this Ordinance;
   3. No part of the sign is in or extends over the road right-of-way; and
   4. The changed sign is not detrimental to the adjacent properties or the vicinity as determined by the Zoning Administrator by reason of safety concerns such as (but not limited to) obstructed vision for pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

Except where expressly otherwise provided by this Chapter, all portions of a sign shall meet the setback requirements for a building in the zoning district where the sign is located.

1. Billboards are only permitted within the Highway Service and Industrial zoning districts.
2. A sign permit is required prior to the erection or alteration of a billboard and before any existing billboard (or face of an existing billboard) is rebuilt, structurally altered, or materially changed (but no sign permit is required simply to change the copy or depictions on the billboard). The application for the sign permit must contain the following:
   1. A colored rendering of the proposed billboard containing the proposed dimensions.
   2. A site plan indicating the location of the proposed billboard and the appropriate setback information.
   3. Information on how the billboard will be illuminated, if applicable.
   4. Signature of applicant and written approval with signature of property owner.
3. Double-faced billboard structures and V-type billboard structures shall be considered as one billboard, but with multiple faces. No billboard shall contain more than one sign panel facing the same direction of traffic on a public road.
4. The area of a sign panel on a billboard shall not exceed 300 square feet.
5. The height of a billboard shall not exceed 35 feet. The height of a billboard shall be measured as the vertical distance measured from the highest point of the billboard, including any decorative embellishment, to the grade of the adjoining highway or road, or the surface grade beneath the sign, whichever ground elevation is lower.
6. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each billboard shall be located not less than 2,000 feet from any other billboard. For the purposes of this subsection and for billboards located adjacent to the same highway or road, the distance between billboards shall be measured as the distance between the points at which lines drawn perpendicular to the road or highway from the location of each billboard intersect with a line along the center of the road or highway.
7. No billboard shall be located within 300 feet of an existing dwelling. No digital or LED billboard shall be located within 750 feet of an existing dwelling. For the purposes of this subsection, the distance between a billboard and an existing dwelling shall be measured as a straight line between the billboard and the existing dwelling.
8. No billboard shall be located closer than 50 feet to any property line.
9. All billboards must be constructed with a monopole-type support structure.
10. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a billboard may be illuminated, provided that such illumination is concentrated on the surface of the sign and is so located as to avoid glare or reflection onto any portion of an adjacent street or highway, the path of on-coming vehicles, or any adjacent premises. No billboard shall have one or more flashing, strobing, intermittent, moving, rotating, or oscillating lights or images.
11. The slat, panel, or blade twirl time of a tri-vision billboard shall be two (2) seconds or less and the blade dwell time (i.e., stationary and able to be read) shall be no less than seven (7) seconds.
12. Digital or LED billboards are allowed if the digital or electronic changeable copy portion of the billboard and the billboard meet all of the following additional standards:
    1. No digital or LED billboard shall be located within 4,000 feet of another digital or LED billboard or within 3,000 feet of a nondigital or non-LED billboard. For the purposes of this subsection and for billboards located on the same highway or road, the distance between billboards shall be measured as the distance between the points at which lines drawn perpendicular to the freeway from the location of each billboard intersect with a line along the center of the freeway.
    2. There shall be no animation, cartoon, or movie or television-style pictures or depictions.
    3. There shall be no movement at all.
    4. The rate of change between two (2) static messages shall be one (1) second or less.
    5. There shall be a minimum of no less than seven (7) seconds between copy changes.
    6. The face of the sign shall be dimmed automatically from 30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise down to 5% of its daylight brightness setting.
    7. The maximum brightness levels for digital or LED billboards shall not exceed 0.2 (two tenths) foot-candles over ambient light levels measured at a distance of 150 feet from the face of the sign.
    8. The owner(s) of a digital or LED billboard must reasonably coordinate with relevant public agencies to allow for the display of real-time emergency information such as Amber Alerts or natural disaster directives.
    9. The digital or LED billboard will not distract, endanger, or disorient motorists.
    10. The digital or LED billboard will not cause glare onto or illumination of any adjoining properties.
13. The following modifications to existing billboards shall not occur except in full compliance with this Chapter:
    1. Changing or altering a billboard to provide for electronic changeable copy of a different type or manner of electronic changeable copy.
    2. Changing or altering a billboard to become a digital or LED billboard.
14. No billboard shall be approved, installed, or erected at any time when there are ten (10) or more existing billboards located within the Township.
15. The setback and spacing requirements of this Section shall apply regardless of jurisdictional or governmental boundaries.