: Knoxville Tourism And Sports Corp
9-A-09-DT
Approve Subject To Conditions
APPROVE Certificate 9-A-09-DT subject to the sign meeting the brightness standards that are set in the operational standards in the EMC ordinance and reduce scrolling speed from the current operating speed of 720 characters per minute, if possible, 10-15 percent.
Recommendation
APPROVE Certificate 9-4-09-DT with the following condition: 1) The sign meet the required brightness standards, and 2) The sign scrolling speed be determined by the Board.Applicant Request
:- This request is for the approval of an existing electronic message center for the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation (KTSC). The sign is located in the sign board area of the storefront. The sign is 16 inches tall and has a length of 37ft 3 inches along Gay Street and 9ft 5 inches along Summit Hill Drive. The text height is 14 inches tall. The sign has continuous scrolling messages at 720 characters per minute (the max speed is 1,090 character per minute). KTSC installed the sign when their building was renovated in the spring of 2004.
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
Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corp
301 S Gay St
Applicant / Owner
