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Palm Coast considers allowing digital signs with brightness and timing limits; board raises legal concerns about vehicle‑mounted displays
Summary
Planning staff proposed a regulated approach to allow digital monument signage in non‑residential areas — specifying brightness controls, an 8‑second hold time, pixel spacing and 150‑foot residential setbacks — while the board debated enforcement and potential legal exposure from banning vehicle‑mounted digital signs.
Estelle (planning) and Alicia Mobly presented proposed revisions to Chapter 12 (Signs and Advertising) that would, for the first time in Palm Coast, allow regulated digital signage in non‑residential zoning districts under technical and siting constraints.
The draft defines digital signs as displays that can change content electronically and sets technical controls intended to balance legibility with driver and neighborhood safety: automatic dimming with manufacturer certification not to exceed 0.3 foot‑candles above ambient light; an 8‑second message hold time; only instantaneous or fade/dissolve transitions (no scrolling or level‑three transitions); and a maximum pixel spacing of 10 millimeters. Staff summarized the proposal by saying, "We're actually going to propose an 8‑second…
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