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Chapter 10 <br /> parking, or location of any place or area on the same (28) Mobile or portable sign shall mean a sign <br /> premise. mounted on a frame or chassis designed to be easily <br /> (14) Directory sign shall mean an off-premise relocated and not permanently affixed to the ground <br /> advertising sign with a copy area of 96 square feet or or other structure. <br /> less. (29) Off-premise advertising sign shall mean a sign <br /> (15) Double decked sign shall mean billboards or which directs attention to a business, commodity, <br /> directory signs which are mounted one above the service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered <br /> other. elsewhere than upon the premises where the sign is <br /> (16) Electronic sign shall mean an advertising sign displayed. <br /> whose message may be changed by electronic (30) On premise advertising sign shall mean a sign , <br /> process. which directs attention to a business, commodity, <br /> (17) Farm sign shall mean an on-premise sign service, items or entertainment sold, offered or <br /> identifying a farm by its name or by the farmer's conducted on the same premises that the sign is - <br /> name. located. <br /> (18) Garage sale sign shall mean an on-premise (31) Parking lot sign shall mean an auxiliary sign <br /> sign advertising the occasional sale of personal that lists the rules and regulations for the parking lot. <br /> property items. A garage sale sign does not include a (32) Political sign shall mean a sign whose message <br /> sign advertising business products or produce. relates to a political party, a candidate for public <br /> (19) Graphic sign shall mean a sign which is an office or a political issue. <br /> integral part of a building facade. The sign is painted (33) Projecting sign shall mean an on-premise <br /> directly on or otherwise permanently embedded in the advertising sign, other than a wall sign which is <br /> facade. attached to and projects out from a wall or a building. <br /> (20) Ground shall mean the average elevation of the (34) Pylon sign shall mean a freestanding sign <br /> ground upon which the sign supports are placed, erected upon one or more pylons or posts whose <br /> except when the sign supports rest upon a berm or bottom edge is greater than eight feet above ground <br /> other area elevated above the surrounding ground. In level. <br /> such cases, the average elevation of the base of such (35) Real estate sign shall mean a sign that provides <br /> berm or other area shall be considered as the ground. identification of property that is for lease,rent or sale. <br /> (21) Ground sign shall mean a freestanding sign (36) Road classification shall refer to the system of <br /> mounted on supports or uprights and whose bottom classifying roads,according to the following scheme: <br /> edge is less than 8 feet above the ground. Class A All federal and state highways and <br /> (22) Group sign shall mean a sign displaying the designated county highways. <br /> names of a group of businesses which are located in Class B All county highways except those <br /> the same locale such as a city, village, shopping designated as class "A". <br /> center,office or commercial park,etc. Class C All town roads. <br /> (23) Home occupation sign shall mean a sign which Class D Roads within subdivisions which were <br /> advertises a permitted home occupation. recorded prior to the adoption of the <br /> (24) Intersection shall mean the point at which the zoning ordinance. <br /> right-of-way lines meet or, for highway interchanges, Class E All other roads. <br /> the beginning and ending points of the on and off (37) Side-by-side signs shall mean two or more <br /> ramps. A "T" intersection shall be considered the signs mounted adjacently on the same structure. Signs <br /> same as a four-way intersection in the determination mounted on a 'V-shaped' frame that has an internal <br /> of the required distance of signs from said angle larger than 40 shall be considered side-by-side <br /> intersection. signs. <br /> (25) Limited family business sign shall mean a sign (38) Sign copy area shall mean the total area of a <br /> which advertises a permitted limited family business. sign face which may be used for display of <br /> (26) Logo shall mean an emblem, symbol or advertising,message announcement,etc. <br /> trademark identification placed on signs. (39) Sign face shall mean the total surface of a sign <br /> (27) Marquee sign shall mean a sign mounted on an including the trim and copy area. <br /> overhanging canopy of a theater, auditorium, (40) Signable wall area shall mean the designated <br /> fairground,museum or other such use. area of.the wall of a building, up to the roof line, <br /> • Page 46 <br /> Revised 4-30-97 <br />