Changeable Electronic Variable Message Sign (CEVMS).
A sign which is operated in a way whereby light is turned on or off intermittently, and such illumination is not kept stationary or constant in intensity and color at all times when such sign is in use thereby creating a changing pattern or design. A CEVMS sign does not include a sign located with the right-of-way that functions as a traffic-control device and that is described and identified in the Manual on Uniform Traffic-Control Devices (MUTCD) approved by the federal highway administrator as the national standard. A CEVMS sign does not include a single color display of static messages which do not flash travel or scroll.
Effective Date.
May 12, 2008.
Off-Premises Sign.
Any sign, commonly known as a billboard that advertises a business, person, activity, goods, products or services not located on the premises where the sign is installed and maintained, or that directs persons to a location other than then the premises where the sign is installed and maintained.
On-Premises Sign.
Any sign identifying or advertising the business, person, activity, goods, products or services sold or offered for sale on the premises where the sign is installed and maintained when such premises is used for business purposes.
Sign Code Application Area.
The corporate limits of the city and the area of its extraterritorial jurisdiction as defined by Section 42.021 of the Local Government Code.
(Ordinance 2008-05-02 adopted 5/12/08)
(a) 
Prohibition of New Off-Premises Signs.
From and after the effective date, no new construction permit shall be issued for the erection of an off-premises sign, including but not limited to a new off-premises CEVMS or the conversion of an existing non-CEVMS off-premises sign to a CEVMS, with the sign code application area.
(b) 
Prohibition of Changeable Electronic Variable Message Signs.
From and after the effective date, no CEVMS shall be allowed within the sign code application area.
(Ordinance 2008-05-02 adopted 5/12/08)
Any on or off-premises sign existing on the effective date, which does not conform to the provisions of this article, but which was constructed, operated and maintained in compliance with all previous regulations governing outdoor signs, shall be regarded a legal nonconforming use which may be continued until June 1, 2009, except that such sign may remain for up to an additional two years upon a determination that as of the effective date the sign is obligated by written lease extending beyond June 1, 2009 or that the use involves investment of money in leasehold or improvements such that the longer period is necessary to prevent undue financial hardship.
(Ordinance 2008-05-02 adopted 5/12/08)