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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, BY AMENDING SECTION 40-284 THEREOF, PERTAINING TO PROHIBITED SIGNS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 40-284 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 40-284. Prohibited signs. Upon receipt of notice frora the building official or his designee, the owner or occuoant of the property on which a prohibited sign is located shall remove said sign within the time specified in the notice. Upon the expiration of the soecified time for removal, the building official or his designee, in addition to any other available remedies, may cause such prohibited sign to be removed, and any costs incurred thereby shall be payable by the owner or occupant of the property. For the purposes of this article, the following signs shall be prohibited in the city: (1) Abandoned signs which no longer identify or advertzse a bona fide business, lessor, service, owner, product or activity located on the premises. Where the owner or lessor of the premises is seeking a new tenant, such signs may remain in place for not more than ninety (90) days from the date of vacancy. An off-premises sign shall be deemed "abandoned" if no copy or advertising matter is exhibited on the advertising faces for more than sixty (60) calendar days. (~2) Animated signs which utilize any form of involvement including, but not limited to, animation, revolution, vertical or horizontal motion, whether mechanical, electronic, windblown (powered) or wired except: (a) Revolving siqns located on a corner lot with no other sign except wall window; (b) Changing message signs which do not utilize exposed light bulbs or any way produce glare to traffic; (c) Street clocks or time and/or temperature displays when changes in lighting occur only to indicate the change in time and/or temperature.