METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF HEARING

Proposed Ordinance 2011-0140

King County encourages public comment on Proposed Ordinance 2011-0140. You may wish to present oral testimony at the June 6^th public hearing. Testimony is limited to three minutes per speaker and you may provide written copies for the Councilmembers’ review. Please provide 20 copies of any written material you wish to submit. The chamber is equipped with an audio/visual system capable of displaying 35mm slides, VHS tapes, overheads, and computer displays. Audio/visual presentations are included in the 3-minute timeframe. Testimony sign-up will take place in the lobby outside the Council Chambers before the beginning of the meeting on June 6^th. Please call the Metropolitan King County Council offices at (206) 296-1000 if you need directions to the Courthouse. You may also mail or fax comments to Councilmembers. The address for the Council is King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue #1200 Seattle Washington 98104. The Council fax number is (206) 296-0198.

The complete text of Proposed Ordinance 2011-0140 is available in the Council Clerk’s office, Room W-1200, King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle Washington. A copy of the ordinance will be mailed to you upon your request to the Clerk at (206) 296-1020.

SUMMARY

Proposed Ordinance 2011-0140 would adopt code provisions that would:

· Add or amend code section to recognize and allow the use of digital on billboards, and

· Add operating standards and regulations for digital billboards that require:

· only static advertising messages,

· message changes to be completed in less than two seconds,

· each message to last at least eight seconds,

· a light sensing device to adjust brightness, and

· brightness levels to not exceed three-tenths of a foot candle above ambient light levels.

Dated at Seattle, Washington, this 27^th day of April, 2011.

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

Anne Noris
Clerk of the Council