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(b) Detached signs. <br />(1) No detached sign shall be closer than six (6) feet to any building or property line, or <br />closer than fifteen (15) feet to any curb line. <br />(2) The sign area of detached signs shall be limited to one and one -half (1 -1/2) square feet <br />per front foot of property upon which the same is placed. If the property on which the <br />sign is located has multiple right -of -way frontages, each street frontage shall be counted <br />for purposes of determining detached sign area. A property shall be permitted more <br />than one detached sign, provided no sign shall exceed three hundred (300) square feet <br />in sign area. Signs on the same property or coordinated development shall be a <br />minimum of one hundred (100) feet apart. <br />(3) Detached signs shall not exceed thirty (30) feet in height above the highest <br />adjacent roadway surface. <br />(4) The total sign area of a coordinated development sign shall be calculated on the <br />combined street frontages of the lots. <br />(5) Torpedo signs shall not be used as or converted to permanent signs. <br />(c) Electronic Signs. <br />(1) An electronic sign that meets all other requirements of this chapter, and other <br />regulations of the City of Paris, may be located in a nonresidential zoning district <br />and on school or church property in any zoning district, subject to the this <br />section. <br />(2) No electronic sign shall be illuminated to an intensity which causes glare or <br />brightness to a degree that could constitute a hazard or nuisance to a motor <br />vehicle operator on a public roadway. Electronic signs shall be programmed or <br />equipped so that the intensity of its display shall automatically adjust according <br />to natural ambient light conditions. The maximum night time luminance level <br />shall not exceed seven - hundred fifty (750) cd /mz (NITS). <br />(3) The message or picture conveyed by an electronic sign shall not blink, flash, or <br />be animated; the message or picture conveyed shall not change more frequently <br />than once every eight (8) seconds; and a change of message must occur <br />simultaneous on the entire sign face. The transition time between messages shall <br />not exceed three (3) seconds. <br />(4) All electronic sign faces shall be limited to a maximum sign area and a maximum <br />sign height as provided for other permanent signs in this section. <br />Page 9 of 31 <br />