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• 10.71(1) (28) an organization's or business's logo which do not. (14) Directory sign shall mean an off-premise -contain any words and are not illuminated except advertising sign with a copy area of 96 square that only one such representation of a particular . feet or less. business's or organization's logo is permitted; (15). Double decked sign shall mean billboards scoreboards located on athletic fields; and signs or directory signs which are mounted one above mounted or painted on commercial vehicles and the other. the same are expressly excepted from regulation.. (16) Electronic sign shall mean an advertising under this subchapter. sign whose message may be changed by (2) Agriculture sign shall mean a sign electronic process. advertising agricultural products which are (17) Farm sign shall mean an on-premise sign available at a specific farm or are being identifying a farm b y its name or by the farmer's produced on the farm on which the sign is name. located. (18) Garage sale sign shall mean an on- (3) Apartment complex sign shall mean a sign premise sign advertising the occasional sale of that provides identification for an apartment personal property items. A garage sale sign complex on which the sign is located. does not include a sign advertising business (4) Appendage sign shall mean an additional products or produce. sign mounted above or hung below the primary (19) Graphic sign shall mean a sign which is an sign face. integral part of a building facade. The sign is (5) Auxiliary sign shall mean a sign mounted painted directly on or otherwise permanently separately and apart from the primary sign and embedded in the facade. which provides supplemental information such (20) Ground shall mean the average elevation as services, price, hours of operation, directions, of the ground upon which the sign supports are _ warning, etc. placed, except when the sign supports rest upon (6) Awning sign shall mean a sign painted or a berm or other area elevated above the installed on an awning. surrounding ground. In such cases, the average (7) Back-to-back sign -shall mean signs that elevation of the base of such berm or other area are mounted back to back with the sign faces in shall be considered as the ground. opposing directions or on a 'V-shaped' frame (21) Ground sign shall mean a freestanding with an intemal angle of less than 40. 'V-shaped' sign mounted on supports or uprights and.whose frame signs with an internal angle larger than 40 bottom edge is less than 8 feet above the shall be considered side-by-side signs. ground. (8) Billboard shall mean an off-premise (22) .Group sign shall mean a sign.displaying advertising sign with a copy area greater than 96 the names of a group of businesses which are - square feet. • • - located in the same locale such as a city, village, (9) Community information sign shall mean a shopping center, office or commercial park, etc. . municipally-owned sign which displays (23) Home occupation sign shall mean a sign information of interest to the general community which advertises a permitted home occupation. regarding public places, events or activities. (24) Intersection shall mean the point at which (10) Construction sign shall mean a temporary the right-of-way lines meet or, for highway sign which describes or identifies a demolition or interchanges, the beginning and ending points of construction project taking place on the the on and off ramps. A'T' intersection shall be premises. considered the same as a four-way intersection (11) Crop sign shall mean a temporary sign in the determination of the required distance of which designates a variety, brand, or provides signs from said intersection. - other identification of an agricultural crop, (25). Limited family business sign shall mean a fertilizer, herbicide or pesticide that is being . sign which advertises a permitted limited family grown or used at a specific location. business. (12) Development sign shall mean a sign which (26) Logo shall mean an 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 (13) Directional sign shall mean an on-premise . on an overhanging canopy of a theater, auxiliary sign which provides directions for auditorium, fairground, museum or other such . . pedestrian or vehicular traffic, e. g., enter, exit, use.' - parking,_or location of any place or area on the (28) Mobile or portable sign.shall mean a sign same premise. mounted on a frame or chassis designed to be • Page 10-49 rev. 103100 •