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, <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />ORDINANCE N0. $3- 136 <br />PAGE 2. <br />Signs in Residential Districts shall not be illuminated, <br />except for nameplates, subdivison developments and <br />for bulletin boards for institutions. Al1 signs in <br />business and industrial districts may be illuminated. <br />I1lumination of parking lots and used car lots shall <br />not be of excessive brightness or cause a glare <br />objectionable to any adjacent Residential District <br />and except fnr illumination required for safety <br />purposes, such lighting shall be permitted only during <br />the hours the establishment is in operation. <br />Christmas display lighting shall not be restricted by <br />the foregoing regulations." <br />be and the same is hereby amended, and as amended, shall read <br />as follows: <br />1221.09 Supplementary Regulations <br />There is hereby established Supplementary Regulations relative <br />to this Chapter, which regulations shall be as follows: <br />(A) General Location - Any sign shall not project over <br />or o struct t e required window or doors of any <br />building, attached to or obstruct a fire escape or <br />interfere with other safety provisions as may be <br />further regulated in the Building Code. <br />Unless regulated otherwise in the Traffic Code, <br />signs shall not be erected so as to obstruct <br />traffic control lights, signs at street inter- <br />sections, sight lines within street lines, or <br />signals at railroad grade crossings. <br />(b) Prohibited Language - Signs visible from the sight <br />lines wit in street lines shall not contain an <br />arrow or words such as "stop", "go", "slow", or <br />otherwise resemble highway traffic signs. <br />(C) Illumination of Signs - Light sources to illuminate <br />signs s all e reflected ancl shielded 'and 'not be <br />of excessive brightness or cause glare hazardous to <br />pedestrians or auto drivers or be objectionable to <br />adjacent Residential Districts. The colors red <br />or green, either in direct illumination or reflection, <br />shall not be used where it may interfere tiaith the <br />sight lines of a traffic signal. Flashing, moving <br />or intermittent illumination and "outline lighting" <br />shall not be permitted by right; the Board may, <br />however, make a finding and permit such lighting <br />as a Conditional Use; if such permit is granted, <br />the maximum area of signs shall be reduced by one- <br />half (1/2). Zn r,a evewt aha:?2 tiia,t pant.t.an a?j apate siqn, <br />wh,i.ch .i,a eawsideAed ta 6e the ?suppoAting cotumvt, be .i.22w;nV_',na:ted <br />4tcam tuith,i,n on by ti.qht%n,q a,ttrtch.ed ta za,i.d ca.2umn. <br />Signs in Residential Districts shall not be illuminated, <br />except for nameplates, subdivision develop ments and <br />for bulletin boards for institutions. A11 signs in <br />business and industrial district, may be illuminated. <br />Illumination of parking lots and used car lots shall <br />not be of excessive brightness or cause a glare <br />objectionable to any adjacent Residential District <br />and except for illumination rec{uired for safety pur- <br />poses, such lighting shall be permitted only during <br />the hours the establishment is in operation.