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10 - 43 in the same locale such as a city, village, Class A All federal and state highways and shopping center, office or commercial park, etc. designated county highways. (23) Home occupation sign shall mean a sign Class B All County highways except those which advertises a permitted home occupation. designated as class "A". (24) Intersection shall mean the point at which Class C All town roads. the right-of-way lines meet or, for highway Class D Roads within sub-divisions which were interchanges, the beginning and ending points of recorded prior to the adoption of the the on and off ramps. A "T" intersection shall be zoning ordinance. considered the same as a four-way intersection in Class E All other roads. the determination of the required distance of (37) Side by side signs shall mean two or more signs from said intersection. signs mounted adjacently on the same structure. (25) Limited family business sign shall mean a Signs mounted on a 'V-shaped' frame that has an sign which advertises a permitted limited family internal angle larger than 40 shall be considered business. side by side signs. (26) Logo shall mean an emblem, symbol or (38) Sign copy area shall mean the total area of a trademark identification placed on signs. sign face which may be used for display of (27) Marquee sign shall mean a sign mounted advertising, message announcement, etc. I on an overhanging canopy of a theater, (39) Sign face shall mean the total surface of a auditorium, fairground,. museum or other such sign including the trim and copy area. use. (40) Signable wall area shall mean the designated (28) Mobile or portable sign shall mean a sign area of the wall of a building, up to the roof line, mounted on a frame or chassis designed to be which is free of windows and doors or major easily relocated and not permanently affixed to architectural detail. the ground or other structure. (41) Subdivision sign (Permanent) shall mean a (29) Off-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, or entertainment conducted, subdivision name, etc. sold, or offered elsewhere than upon the (42) Subdivision sign (temporary) shall mean a premises where the sign is displayed. sign which advertises the development of a (30) On-premise advertising sign shall mean a residential or commercial subdivision plat. sign which directs attention to a business, (43) Temporary signs shall mean signs which are commodity, service, items, or entertainment, installed for a limited time period for the purpose sold, offered or conducted on the same premises of advertising a forthcoming event, e. g., retailer's that the sign is located. signs temporarily displayed for the purpose of (31) Parking lot sign shall mean an auxiliary informing the public of a sale or special offer, sign that lists the rules and regulations for the garage sale signs, church or club event signs, etc. parking lot. A permanently mounted sign shall not be (32) Political sign shall mean a sign whose considered as temporary even though the message message relates to a political party, a candidate displayed is subject to periodic changes. for public office or a political issue. (44) Trim shall mean a separate boarder or (33) Projecting sign shall mean an on-premise framing around the copy area of a sign. advertising sign, other than a wall sign which is (45) V shaped frame shall mean a sign support attached to and projects out from a wall or a structure which will accommodate two signs in a building. back to back position with one end of each sign (34) Pylon sign shall mean a freestanding sign mounted on a common support with the other erected upon one or more pylons or posts whose sign. The other ends of the signs are mounted on bottom edge is greater than eight feet above separate, individual supports. ground level. (46) Vision clearance triangle shall mean the area (35) Real estate sign shall mean a sign that in each quadrant of an intersection which is provides identification of property that is for bounded by the right-of-way lines of the roads and lease, rent or sale. a vision clearance setback line connecting points . (36) Road classification shall refer to the system on each right-of-way line which are located a of classifying roads, according to the following distance back from the intersection equal to the scheme: rev. 103194