§ 64-36. Lighting and visibility.

Any internally or externally illuminated signs shall conform to the following:

(a)

Any illumination shall be installed to avoid glare or reflection onto adjacent property, or onto a public right-of-way or alley, so as not to create a nuisance or a traffic hazard as determined by the zoning administrator, building inspector and/or the police department.

(b)

Any externally illuminated sign shall not have lighting that spills over or beyond the sign face.

(c)

Any internally illuminated sign, reader board or electronic message center shall not have a lighting intensity exceeding the general lumens level and glare of other signs, building lights, parking lot lighting and street lights within the general vicinity of the sign so as to create an unnecessary nuisance to drivers of vehicles or unnecessarily creating attention to it beyond the normal attention afforded to all signs in the village.

(d)

Any sign abutting residential shall install devices to extinguish the lights between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or shall reduce lumens to an acceptable level as determined by the building inspector.

(e)

Any sign shall be illuminated only by nonflashing lighting. Reader board type signs and time and temperature signs are regulated under sections 64-22(j) and 64-23(j), and other applicable sections of this chapter 64.

(f)

Any sign found to exceed the lighting and visibility standards of this section 64-36 after installation by the zoning administrator, building inspector or police department, shall be ordered to reduce the lighting level to conform to this section. If sign owner fails to reduce the lighting level within 15 days of the order, the zoning administrator or building inspector shall take steps to remove the sign.

(Ord. No. 854, § III, 12-20-11)