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030 emergency information and information about terrorist attacks, natural disasters, public infrastructures failures, and public safety emergencies. Public emergency messages shall be displayed in accordance with protocols developed by the city in conjunction with the issuing agencies and the qualified sign owners. For the purposes of this section, a public service announcement shall be any announcement for which no charge is made and which promotes programs, activities, or services of federal, state or local governments or the programs, activities or services of nonprofit organizations and other announcements regarded as serving community interests, excluding time signals, routine weather announcements and promotional announcements. b. Any digital sign shall meet the following display requirements: i. The images and messages displayed shall be complete in themselves, without continuation in content to the next message or image, or to any other sign. ii. The transition between images shall be instantaneous and without special effects. Special effects are those listed in iv. below. iii. The display shall not be configured to resemble a warning, danger signal, official signage used to control traffic, or to cause a viewer to mistake the sign for a warning or danger signal. iv. No electronic animation, movement, scrolling, flashing text, or streaming video shall be permitted. V. All digital signs shall be designed and equipped to freeze the device in one (1) position or immediately discontinue the display if a malfunction occurs. vi. No sign may be brighter than is necessary for clear and adequate visibility and shall not exceed a maximum of seven thousand five hundred (7,500) candela per square meter (cd/m2) during daylight hours and one thousand (1,000) cd/m2 during non -daylight hours. No sign shall display such intensity or brilliance that it interferes with the effectiveness of an official traffic sign, device, or signal or is distracting to drivers. All digital signs shall be equipped with both a dimmer control and photocell that automatically adjusts the intensity of the display according to natural ambient light conditions. vii. Prior to the issuance of a sign permit, the applicant shall provide written evidence that the light intensity has been factory pre-set not to exceed seven thousand five (7,500) cd/M2 and that the intensity level is protected from end- user manipulation by password -protected software or other method determined appropriate by the Department of Community Development. 11.9.1.4. Reserved. 11.9.1.5 Maintenance. 1. All signs shall be maintained in a state of good repair. 2. Whenever it shall appear to the Department of Community Development that any sign has been constructed or is being maintained in violation of the terms of this section or is unsafe or unsecured, such sign shall either be made to meet all sign regulations, or shall be removed at the expense of the owner, within ten (10) days after written notification thereof by the Department of Community Development or City Manager, or his designee.