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10.71(12)-(37) (12) Development sign shall mean a sign which (26) Logo shall mean ah emblem, symbol or directs attention to a pending development of a trademark identification placed on signs. property. (27) Marquee sign shall mean a sign mounted on (13) Directional sign shall mean an on-premise an overhanging canopy of a theater, auditorium, auxiliary sign which provides directions for fairground, museum or other such use. ' pedestrian or vehicular traffic, e. g., enter, exit, (28) Mobile or portable sign shall mean a sign parking, or location of any place or area on the mounted on a frame or chassis designed to be easily same premise. relocated and not permanently affixed to the ground - (14) Directory sign shall mean an off-premise or other structure. advertising sign with a copy area of 96 square feet (29) Off-premise advertising sign shall mean a sign or less. which directs attention to a business, commodity, (15) Double decked sign shall mean billboards or service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered directory signs which are mounted one above the elsewhere than upon the premises where the sign is other. displayed. (16) Electronic sign shall mean an advertising sign (30) On-premise advertising sign shall mean a sign whose message may be changed by electronic which directs attention to a business, commodity, process. service, items or entertainment sold, offered or (17) Farm sign shall mean an on-premise sign conducted on the same premises that the sign is identifying a farm by its name or by the farmer's located. name. (31) Parking lot sign shall mean an auxiliary sign (18) Garage sale sign shall mean an on-premise that lists the rules and regulations for the parking sign advertising the occasional sale of personal lot. property items. A garage sale sign does not include (32) Political sign shall mean a sign whose a sign advertising business products or produce. message relates to a political party, a candidate for (19) Graphic sign shall mean a sign which is an public office or a political issue. integral part of a building facade. The sign is (33) Projecting sign shall mean an on-premise painted directly on or otherwise permanently advertising sign, other than a wall sign which is embedded in the facade. attached to and projects out from a wall or a (20) Ground shall mean the average elevation of building. the ground upon which the sign supports are (34) Pylon sign shall mean a freestanding sign placed, except when the sign supports rest upon a erected upon one or more pylons or posts whose berm or other area elevated above the surrounding bottom edge is greater than eight feet above ground ground. In such cases, the average elevation of the level. base of such berm or other area shall be considered (35) Real estate sign shall mean a sign that as the ground. provides identification of property that is for lease, (21) Ground sign shall mean a freestanding sign rent or sale. mounted on supports or uprights and whose bottom (36) Road classification shall refer to the system of edge is less than 8 feet above the ground. classifying roads, according to the following (22) Group sign shall mean a sign displaying the scheme: names of a group of businesses which are located in Class A All federal and state highways and the same locale such as a city, village, shopping designated county highways. center,office or commercial park,etc. Class B All county highways except those (23) Home occupation sign shall mean a sign designated as class"A". which advertises a permitted home occupation. Class C All town roads. (24) Intersection shall mean the point at which the Class D Roads within subdivisions which were right-of-way lines meet or, for highway recorded prior to the adoption of the interchanges, the beginning and ending points of zoning ordinance. the on and off ramps. A "T" intersection shall be Class E All other roads. considered the same as a four-way intersection in (37) Side-by-side signs shall mean two or more the determination of the required distance of signs signs mounted adjacently on the same structure. from said intersection. Signs mounted on a 'V-shaped' frame that has an _ (25) Limited family business sign shall mean a sign internal angle larger than 40 shall be considered which advertises a permitted limited family side-by-side signs. business. Page 10-48 rev. 103198