: Convention Center
11-D-09-DT
Approve Subject To Conditions
APPROVE Certificate 11-D-09-DT subject to the following conditions: 1) For the EMC located on parcel 094MG041 (corner of Cumberland Avenue and 11th Street), subject to rezoning the parcel to D-1; and 2) Allow the operation of the existing EMC signs the way they were before the new EMC regulations we implemented April 10, 2009, with the following exceptions: a) Require a minimum eight (8) second frame hold time, b) No flashing or blinking, and c) The current brightness and illumination standards for the two EMCs shall be applicable.
Recommendation
APPROVE Certificate 11-D-09-DT with the following conditions: 1) The signs meet the EMC brightness standard, 2) The signs can have a display frequency as determined by the Board, 3) The sign can have animation as determined by the Board, and 4) Subject to rezoning approval of parcel 094MG041 to D-1.Applicant Request
:- This proposal is for the continued operation of an existing Electronic Message Center as it had operated before the new EMC regulations were adopted. The Knoxville Convention Center operates two EMC's. There is one at the corner of Henley St. and Clinch Ave. that is 13'8" wide and 6' tall and has 67.6 square feet of viewable space. The other is at the corner of Cumberland Ave. and 11th St. that is 11'8" wide and 6' tall and has 58.58 square feet of viewable space.
- Both signs are operated at a dimmed brightness of 5000 nits. The signs can run images and video content. The signs can run separate programs or the same program at the same time. The slide length can range from 1/20th of a second, up to 60 minutes.
Property Notes / Work to be Completed
- Article V.Section 10.A.4 of the Zoning Ordinance states that "No sign shall have scrolling, intermittent, flashing, running or blinking lights or animated illumination except: A sign within the D-1 (downtown design overlay) district, which has received approval from the downtown design review board as being compatible and in character with the downtown design guidelines and surrounding established development."
- Article V.Section 10.E.2.a states tat "EMC's legally existing on April 10, 2009, shall be allowed to continue operation subject to the meeting the operational standards as required by subsection (m) herein."
- Subsection (m) requirements: 1) Each display on an EMC shall hold constant for a minimum of sixty (60) seconds. 2) Daytime maximum brightness - 3,000 nits; Nighttime maximum brightness - 750 nits. 3) The images and messages displayed must be static. The images and messages displayed must be complete in themselves, without continuation in content to the next image or message or to any other sign. 4) The transition form one display to another must be instantaneous without any special effects.
Meeting Date
November 18, 2009
Convention Center
701 Henley St
Applicant
Knoxville Convention Center
Owner City of Knoxville
