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1185.06 ILLUMINATION. (a) Light sources to illuminate signs shall be shielded from all adjacent resi- dential buildings and streets and shall not be of such brightness so as to cause glare hazardous to pedestrians or motorists or as to cause reasonable objection from adjacent residential districts, and shall be concentrated on the area of sign. (b) Animated, blinking, flashing, fluttering, moving or outlined illumination shall not be permitted in any district except that a permit may be granted for move- ment showing the date, the time and the temperature exclusively. Beacon lights and search lights are prohibited. No sign shall be constructed aiid/or operated to create an appearance of illusion of writing. (c) No exposed reflective type bulbs, neon tube illumination bent to form letters or syinbols or used other than to blacklight silhouetted letters or for the internal illumination of plastic faced signs or letters, or strobe lights or incandescent lamps which exceed fifteen watts shall be used on the exterior surface of any sign so as to expose the face of the bulb, light or lamp to any public street or adjacent property. No illuminated signs shall be permitted in the window or on the door of any premises. Illuminated signs, as the same are permitted by this section, are limited to the exterior of the building only. Neon tubing shall not be visible to the eye and shall not be closer than one ' inch to the plastic face or letter of any sign. (d) The methods of illumination permitted are • colored light, illuminated surface colors, 4nternal illumination (a light isource concealed or contained within the sign, and which becomes visible in :? darkness `through a. translucent surface, and indirect illumination (a light source not seen directly), provided that within residential areas or within 500 feet thereof only white shall be permitted. (e) Display signs illuminated by electricity, or equipped in any way with electric devices or appliances, shall conform in wiring and appliances to the provisions of the National Electrical Code and there shall be a lock- type switch. (f) 5igns in residential districts, other than nameplates and other signs specifically indicated, shall not be illuminated. (g) In all zone districts, illuminated signs shall be turned off no later, than 11:00 p.m. or when the premises are closed for business, whichever is later. 1185.07 APPLICATION FOR PERMITS; APPROVAL. (a) Applications for permits to erect, place, paint, illuminate, alter or otherwise effectuate a change in a sign shall be submitted on forms furnished by the municipality and shall be made either separately or included with an application for a building permit. Such application shall be dated and include the name, address and telephone number of the applicant and the name of the person erecting the sign. Written consent of the owner of the building,