Ottawa By-law 2016-326, s. 167(a) — Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law

display or use animation, video, audio, movement, flashing effects, odours, gases, pyrotechnics or interactive devices;

• (b) have a transition time between images that is more than one second or that has any transition effects between images;
• (c) have a minimum dwell time of less than 10 seconds for any image; and
• (d) display sequential images or messages that form one continual advertisement, whether on the same digital billboard, or on more than one digital billboards in a row;
• (e) have any part of it exceed a luminance of 5,000 cd/m between sunrise and sunset, and 220 cd/m between sunset and sunrise, with sunrise and sunset times being determined according to the National Research Council of Canada Sunrise/Sunset Calculator; and
• (f) fail to be equipped with an ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts the brightness levels to no more than 3 LUX above ambient light conditions.