Revised Dane County Code of Ordinances

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1 _ Chapter 10 - product or service; scoreboards located on athletic (15) Double decked sign shall mean billboards or . fields; "no trespassing" and "no hunting" signs; and directory signs which are mounted one above the signs mounted or painted on commercial vehicles other. and the same are expressly excepted from regulation (16) Electronic sign shall mean an advertising sign " ; under this subchapter. whose message may be changed by electronic (2) Agriculture sign shall mean a sign advertising process. agricultural products which are available at a (17) Farm sign shall mean an on-premise sign specific farm or are being produced on the farm on identifying a farm by its name or by the farmer's which the sign is located. name. (3) Apartment complex sign shall mean a sign that (18) Garage sale sign shall mean an on-premise provides identification for an apartment complex on sign advertising the occasional sale of personal 1 which the sign is located. property items. A garage sale sign does not include (4) Appendage sign shall mean an additional sign a sign advertising business products or produce. mounted above or hung below the primary sign face. (19) Graphic sign shall mean a sign which is an I (5) Auxiliary sign shall mean a sign mounted integral part of a building facade. The sign is separately and apart from the primary sign and painted directly on or otherwise permanently which provides supplemental information such as embedded in the facade. services, price, hours of operation, directions, (20) Ground shall mean the average elevation of warning,etc. the ground upon which the sign supports are placed, (6) Awning sign shall mean a sign painted or except when the sign supports rest upon a berm or installed on an awning. other area elevated above the surrounding ground. ( ' (7) Back to back sign shall mean signs that are In such cases, the average elevation of the base of mounted back to back with the sign faces in such berm or other area shall be considered as the opposing directions or on a'V-shaped'frame with an ground. I internal angle of less than 40. 'V-shaped' frame (21) Ground sign shall mean a freestanding sign { signs with an internal angle larger than 40 shall be mounted on supports or uprights and whose bottom considered side by side signs. edge is less than 8 feet above the ground. <- (8) Billboard shall mean an off-premise (22) Group sign shall mean a sign displaying the advertising sign with a copy area greater than 96 names of a group of businesses which are located in -' square feet. the same locale such as a city, village, shopping (9) Community information sign shall mean a center,office or commercial park,etc. S municipally-owned sign which displays information (23) Home occupation sign shall mean a sign of interest to the general community regarding which advertises a permitted home occupation. public places,events or activities. (24) Intersection shall mean the point at which the !`- (10) Construction sign shall mean a temporary sign right-of-way lines meet or, for highway ej which describes or identifies a demolition or interchanges,the beginning and ending points of the • construction project taking place on the premises. on and off ramps. A "T" intersection shall be --., (11) Crop sign shall mean a temporary sign which considered the same as a four-way intersection in the designates a variety, brand, or provides other determination of the required distance of signs from identification of an agricultural crop, fertilizer, said intersection. herbicide, pesticide,that is being grown or used at a (25) Limited family business sign shall mean a sign specific location. which advertises a permitted limited family 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. It 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 i parking,or location of any place or area on the same mounted on a frame or chassis designed to be easily 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 or (29) Off-premise advertising sign shall mean a sign less. , which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered Page 41