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10.71(28)—(47) easily relocated and not permanently affixed to (39) Sign face shall mean the total surface of a the ground or other structure. sign including the trim and copy area. (29) Off-premise advertising sign shall mean a (40) Signable wall area shall mean the sign which directs attention to a business, designated area of the wall of a building, up to commodity, service or entertainment conducted, the roof line, which is free of windows and doors sold or offered elsewhere other than upon the or major architectural detail. premises where the sign is displayed. (41) Subdivision sign (permanent) shall mean a (30) On-premise advertising sign shall mean a permanently installed sign located on the sign which directs attention to a business, subdivision property which identifies the commodity, service, items or entertainment sold, subdivision name, etc. offered or conducted on the same premises that (42) Subdivision sign (temporary) shall mean a the sign is located: sign which advertises the development of a (31) Parking lot sign shall mean an auxiliary residential or commercial subdivision plat. sign that lists the rules and regulations for the (43) Temporary signs shall mean signs which parking lot. are installed for a limited time period for the (32) Political sign shall mean a sign the purpose of advertising a forthcoming event, e. g., message of which relates to a political party, a retailers signs temporarily displayed for the candidate for public office or a political issue. purpose of informing the public of a sale or (32m) Private property protection sign means a special offer, garage sale signs, church or club sign containing the words "no trespassing", "no event signs, etc. A permanently mounted sign hunting", "no entry", "private property' or similar shall not be considered as temporary even language indicating an intent to.deny entry to the though the message displayed is subject to general public. Private property protection signs periodic changes. include signs erected to conform to s. (44) Trim shall mean a separate boarder or 943.13(2)(a)or(b),Wis. Stats. framing around the copy area of a sign. (33) Projecting sign shall mean an on-premise (45) V-shaped frame shall mean a sign support advertising sign, other than a wall sign which is structure which will accommodate two signs in a attached to and projects out from a wall or a back-to-back position with one end of each sign . building. mounted on a common support with the other (34) Pylon sign shall mean a freestanding sign sign. The other ends of the signs are mounted erected upon one or more pylons or posts the on separate, individual supports. bottom edge of which is greater than eight feet (46) Vision clearance triangle shall mean the above ground level, area in each quadrant of an intersection which is (35) Real estate sign shall mean a sign that bounded by the right-of-way lines of the roads provides identification of property that is for and a vision clearance setback line connecting lease, rent or sale. points on each right-of-way line which are (36) Road classification shall refer to the located a distance back from the intersection . system of classifying- roads, according to the equal to the setback required for each road. See following scheme: diagram below. Class A All federal and state highways and • • designated county highways. Class B All county highways except those See Appendix designated as class"A". page 10-101 Class C All town roads. Class D Roads within subdivisions which were recorded prior to the adoption of the (47) Wall sign shall mean a sign mounted on zoning ordinance. and parallel to a building wall or other vertical Class E All other roads. building surface. Signs on the sides of a service (37) Side-by-side signs shall mean two or more station pump island roof structure shall be signs mounted adjacently on the same structure. considered wall signs. Signs mounted on a 'V-shaped frame that has [History: 10.71 rep. &recr., Sub.2 to OA 6, 1989-90,pub. an internal angle ' larger than 40 shall be 09121/90; (1) am., OA 39, 1995-96, pub. 05/10/96, eff. 06/11/96; (1) am. and (32m) cr., OA 24, 1998-99, pub. considered side-by-side signs. 04/21/99; (29), (32) and (34) am., OA 3, 2000-01, pub. (38) Sign copy area shall mean the total area of 10/19/00.] a sign face which may be used for display of advertising, message announcement, etc. Page 10-50 rev. 103100