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Clerk 09/19/2011
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AN ORDINANCE relating to signs and billboards; amending Ordinance 10870, Section 61, and K.C.C.21A.06.105, Ordinance 10870, Section 424, as amended and K.C.C. 21A.20.060, Ordinance 10870, Section 436, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.20.160 and Ordinance 10870, Section 436, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.20.160, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 21A.06 and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 21A.20.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 10870, Section 61, and K.C.C. 21A.06.105 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Billboard face: that portion of a billboard, exclusive of its structural support, on which ((changeable)) advertising copy is displayed, ((either by affixing preprinted poster panels or by painting copy on location;)) subclassified as follows:
A. Billboard face I -- a billboard face not exceeding a height of ((14)) fourteen feet or a width of ((48)) forty-eight feet, and may also include temporary and irregularly shaped extensions subject to the area and duration limitations in K.C.C. chapter 21A.20; and
B. Billboard face II -- a billboard face not exceeding a height of ((12)) twelve feet or a width of ((24)) twenty-four feet.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 21A.06 a new section to read as follows:
Billboard, digital: a billboard utilizing digital message technology, capable of changing the static message or copy on the sign electronically, that is not to be defined or regulated as a changing message center sign.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 3. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 21A.20 a new section to read as follows:
Advertising copy may be displayed on a billboard face either by manually affixing preprinted messages or by the use of digital message technology.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 4. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 21A.20 a new section to read as follows:
A. A digital billboard may be internally or externally illuminate...

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