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Board continues multiple Claude Neon dynamic-sign cases after safety and measurement questions
Summary
Claude Neon Federal Signs asked to continue four related variances for dynamic (LED) gas-price and fuel-site signage to allow the applicant to supply aggregated square-footage calculations and detail how rapidly elements will change; the Board continued the cases to Feb. 11.
Tulsas Board of Adjustment continued four related cases filed by Claude Neon Federal Signs (cases listed in the packet) after extended discussion about whether gas-price displays that change frequently should be treated as "dynamic displays" and about how much square footage of message area the applicant seeks to make dynamic.
The applicant said modern LED gas-price signs are becoming standard and that the sites in question include both a freestanding pole sign and a wall-mounted sign on the store. Claude Neons representative explained parts of the proposed cabinets would be static plastic faces and parts would be LED-driven digits for price displays; the applicant said some elements (the "nitro" credit-card pricing element) could toggle every eight seconds.
Board members requested more precise, consistent numbers and clearer delineation of which portions of each sign would be dynamic versus static. Several board members also expressed traffic-safety concerns about large dynamic displays that change frequently, and one member asked the applicant to provide the aggregate dynamic-display area for the two signs together and two counts (with and without the static advertising panels).
The applicant agreed to continue and to return with calculated square-footage figures tied to the submitted plans. The board continued BOA cases 23819, 23824, 23825 and 23826 to the February 11 meeting.
Why it matters: Councilors and planning staff are in the process of drafting amendments that would define electronic message centers (EMCs) and set allowable change rates; until the code changes, the board must adjudicate requests under existing dynamic-display language.
Next steps: Applicant to supply explicit square-footage calculations for the dynamic portions of each sign, plus tie the requested relief to the plans submitted. The board asked staff to place the four similar cases on the same hearing date.
