HomeMy WebLinkAboutDigital Signs Presentation 9-18-19Eugene City Council
Digital Signs Work Session
September 18, 2019
What is a
digital sign?
Provides an electronic message using a digital display
technology such as LED screens.
Also known by many other names:
•Animated Signs
•Automatic Changing Copy Signs
•Commercial Electronic Variable Message Signs
•Digital Billboards
•Digital Reader Boards
•Electronic Billboards
•Electronic Message Centers
•Electronic Reader Boards
•LED Displays
•LED Message Centers
•LED Reader Boards
•LED Signs
What is a
digital sign?
In Eugene, they fall under the definition of Electronic
Message Center:
•Electronic Message Center. A sign, or portion of
a sign, that conveys information through a
periodic automatic change of message on a
lampbank, through the use of fiber optics, or
through mechanical means. A sign on which any
portion less than an entire sign rotates shall be
considered an electronic message center.
Digital Signs in Eugene
Digital Signs in Eugene
Digital Signs in Eugene
Digital Signs in Eugene
Billboard
Locations
Benefits
•Ad flexibility
•Automatic/remote
copy change
•Public service
messaging
Concerns
•Aesthetics
•Environmental
•Driver safety
Regulation
•Brightness
•Animations/flashing
•Hold times
•Transitions
•Size
•Proximity
•Number
•Quality
https://youtu.be/wGealIArYz8?start=39&end=59
Process
Council
Initiation
Code
Amendment
Process
Stakeholder
Engagement
Draft
Proposed
Code
Changes
Formal
Adoption
Process
Planning
Commission
Public
Hearing
City Council
Public
Hearing
Questions?