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(2) Must change as rapidly as technologically | | practicable, with no phasing, rolling, scrolling, | | flashing or blending; and |
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| | | (3) May consist only of alphabetic or numeric text on | | a plain background and may not include any graphic, | | pictorial or photographic images. |
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| | | C. The display may comprise no more than 50% of the surface | | area of a changeable sign. |
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| | | D. No more than one changeable sign with 2 sides is allowed | | per lot of record. |
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| | | E. Changeable signs may not be located so that the message | | is readable from a controlled-access highway or ramp. |
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| | | F. The highest point of the display of a changeable sign | | may not exceed a height of 25 feet above either the | | centerline of the nearest public way or actual ground level | | adjacent to the sign, whichever is lower. |
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| | | G. Changeable message board signs existing in accordance | | with the requirements of former subsection 11 continue to | | exist if the signs: |
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| | | (1) Are reasonably incapable of being modified or | | reprogrammed to comply with this section as amended; | | and |
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| | | (2) Are not replaced, substantially rebuilt, | | reconstructed or repaired beyond routine maintenance. |
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| | | H. The size, intensity of illumination and acceptable rate | | of change between the time display and the temperature | | display of a time and temperature sign must comply with | | rules, policies or guidelines adopted by the Department of | | Transportation. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are | | routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, | subchapter II-A 2-A. Time and temperature signs erected | | prior to September 29, 1995 need not comply with those | | rules, policies or guidelines. |
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| | | I.__A municipality may adopt an ordinance that is more or less | | stringent than the minimum standards established in this | | subsection and in rules adopted by the Commissioner of | | Transportation to implement this subsection.__A municipality that | | adopts an ordinance with provisions that differ from statewide | | standards shall administer and enforce that ordinance.__A | | municipality may not adopt an ordinance that |
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