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10.71(9)— (34) (9) Community information sign shall mean a located in the same locale such as a city, village, municipally-owned sign which displays shopping center, office or commercial park, etc. information of interest to the general community (23) Home occupation sign shall mean a sign regarding public places, events or activities. which advertises a permitted home occupation. (10) Construction sign shall mean a temporary (24) Intersection shall mean the point at which sign which describes or identifies a demolition or the right-of-way lines meet or, for highway construction project taking place on the interchanges, the beginning and ending points of premises. the on and off ramps. A "T" intersection shall be (11) Crop sign shall mean a temporary sign considered the same as a four-way intersection which designates a variety, brand, or provides in the determination of the required distance of other identification of an agricultural crop, signs from said intersection. fertilizer, herbicide or pesticide that is being (25) Limited family business sign shall mean a grown or used at a specific location. sign which advertises a permitted limited family (12) Development sign shall mean a sign which business. directs attention to a pending development of a (26) Logo shall mean an emblem, symbol or property. trademark identification placed on signs. (13) Directional sign shall mean an on-premise (27) Marquee sign shall mean a sign mounted uxiliary sign which provides directions for on an overhanging canopy of a theater, pedestrian or vehicular traffic, e. g., enter, exit, auditorium, fairground, museum or other such parking, or location of any place or area on the use. same premise. (28) Mobile or portable sign shall mean a sign (14) Directory sign shall mean an off-premise mounted on a frame or chassis designed to be advertising sign with a copy area of 96 square easily relocated and not permanently affixed to feet or less. the ground or other structure. (15) Double decked sign shall mean billboards (29) Off-premise advertising sign shall mean a or directory signs which are mounted one above sign which directs attention to a business, the other. commodity, service or entertainment conducted, (16) Electronic sign shall mean an advertising sold or offered elsewhere other than upon the sign whose message may be changed by premises where the sign is displayed. electronic process. (30) On-premise advertising sign shall mean a (17) Farm sign shall mean an on-premise sign sign which directs attention to a business, identifying a farm by its name or by the farmer's commodity, service, items or entertainment sold, name. offered or conducted on the same premises that (18) Garage sale sign shall mean an on- the sign is located. premise sign advertising the occasional sale of (31) Parking lot sign shall mean an auxiliary personal property items. A garage sale sign sign that lists the rules and regulations for the does not include a sign advertising business parking lot. products or produce. (32) Political sign shall mean a sign the (19) Graphic sign shall mean a sign which is an message of which relates to a political party, a integral part of a building facade. The sign is candidate for public office or a political issue. painted directly on or otherwise permanently (32m) Private property protection sign means a embedded in the facade. sign containing the words "no trespassing", "no (20) Ground shall mean the average elevation hunting", "no entry", "private property" or similar of the ground upon which the sign supports are language indicating an intent to deny entry to the placed, except when the sign supports rest upon general public. Private property protection signs a berm or other area elevated above the include signs erected to conform to s. surrounding ground. In such cases, the average 943.13(2)(a) or (b), Wis. Stats. elevation of the base of such berm or other area (33) Projecting sign shall mean an on-premise shall be considered as the ground. advertising sign, other than a wall sign which is (21) Ground sign shall mean a freestanding attached to and projects out from a wall or a sign mounted on supports or uprights and whose building. bottom edge is less than 8 feet above the (34) Pylon sign shall mean a freestanding sign ground. erected upon one or more pylons or posts the (22) Group sign shall mean a sign displaying bottom edge of which is greater than eight feet the names of a group of businesses which are above ground level. Page 10-71 rev. 013116