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Lighting from all light sources operated for the purposes of sign illumination on property in a residential zone shall be shielded from other property in the residential zone and shall not be more than 2 foot candles at the closest street or property line. (7) Readerboard Standards. Except as specified in EC 9.6670 Central Commercial Sign Standards no sign within 15 feet of a street property line shall have a proportion greater than 40 percent of the sign face used as a readerboard sign. (8) Maintenance. All signs, together with all of their supports, braces, guys, anchors and electrical equipment, shall be kept fully operable, in good repair and maintained in safe condition, free from excessive rust, corrosion, peeling paint or other surface deterioration. (9) Electronic Message Centers. Except electronic message centers operated as public signs by governmental agencies, no electronic message center, or portion of a sign used as an electronic message center, shall be larger than 3 square feet in area, display a message containing more than 5 characters, or change the displayed message at intervals of less than once every 3 seconds. No electronic message center, except for temporary construction use, shall exceed a maximum one -hour equivalent A-weighted sound pressure level of 50 dBa at the receiving property line when the receiving property is occupied by a dwelling, hospital, school, library or assisted living center. 9.6645 Annlicability of Sien Standards. (1) No sign permit shall be issued for any sign unless specifically identified as an allowed sign use under the terms of the applicable sign standards or otherwise allowed a permit under EC 9.6620 Nonconforming Sins or EC 9.6610 Exemptions to Sign Standards. (2) Except as otherwise specified, signs located on property zoned S Special Zone shall be subject to the provisions of: (a) EC 9.6650 Residential Sign Standards, if the use thereon is primarily characterized as residential, (b) EC 9.6680 Industrial Sign Standards, if industrial, or (c) EC 9.6660 General Commercial Sian Standards. (3) Property within an area subject to a change in zoning shall be governed by the provisions of the sign standards applicable to the new zone upon the effective date of the order amending the zoning map or part of said map. Completed applications for sign permits made before the effective date of the zone change will be considered under the provisions of the sign standards applicable to the zone existing at the time the application was submitted. All legally established signs which are not in compliance with the provisions of the sign standards applicable to the new zone applied shall be considered legal nonconforming signs. (4) Except as otherwise specified, signs located on property subject to a new zoning Ordinance - 242