Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
ADVERTISEMENT BANNER
Any banner intended to act as signage to advertise a specific
business or the sale of a specific product or not-for-profit-sponsored
community event or service.
AWNING SIGN
A sign that is painted, printed, or stenciled onto the surface
of an awning.
BANNER
A temporary sign intended to be hung either with or without
a frame, possessing characters, letters, illustrations, or ornamentations
applied to paper, plastic, or fabric of any kind.
BILLBOARD
Any freestanding sign that advertises business conducted,
services provided or products sold on properties other than the property
on which the sign is erected.
BUILDING SIGN
Any sign erected on any part of a building or structure or
on a sign structure attached to a building. Building signs include
awning, canopy, fascia, roof, wall and window signs.
CANOPY
A roof-like structure that shelters a drive lane use, such
as, but not restricted to, a gasoline pump island. A canopy is open
on two or more sides and may be supported by either columns or by
being attached to the building to which it is accessory.
CANOPY SIGN
A sign that is painted, printed, or stenciled onto the surface
of a canopy.
DECORATIVE BANNER
Cloth banners designed for long-term use that are not intended
to act as signage to advertise a specific business or the sale of
a specific product. Decorative banners may, however, contain sponsor
tags.
DIRECTIONAL SIGN
A small ground-mounted sign or sign affixed to an exterior
wall of a building, the purpose of which is to direct traffic safely
into and out of the premises.
FASCIA SIGN
A sign erected or painted on the horizontal fascia or eave
trim of a roof, including signs in the filled-in portion of any roof
gable. Such signs shall not extend beyond any edge of the surface
on which they are mounted.
FREESTANDING SIGN
Any sign or sign structure not attached to the exterior of
a building or other structure. Freestanding signs include pole and
monument signs.
INFLATABLE SIGN
Any display capable of being expanded by air or other gas
and used to advertise a product, event, or business. All inflatable
signs are considered temporary signs.
MONUMENT SIGN
A sign or signs mounted, painted on or fastened to a freestanding
wall, pier or other sign structure of which any horizontal dimension
of a structural member exceeds 18 inches between two feet and eight
feet above grade level.
POLE SIGN
A sign or signs mounted on a freestanding sign structure
consisting of one or more poles, columns or piers, none of which supporting
members shall exceed 18 inches in any horizontal dimension between
two feet and eight feet above grade level.
PORTABLE OR MOBILE SIGN
Any sign or sign structure, other than a window sign, that
is not permanently affixed to a building, structure or the ground,
but not including advertising on motor vehicles.
ROOF SIGN
A sign erected on the roof of a building or structure.
SIGN
Any material, symbol, emblem, structure or device, or part
thereof, composed of lettered or pictorial matter or upon which lettered
or pictorial matter is placed when used or located out-of-doors or
outside or on the exterior of any building, including exterior and
interior window surfaces, for display of an advertisement, announcement,
notice, directional matter or name, and includes sign frames, billboards,
signboards, painted wall signs, hanging signs, illuminated signs,
pennants, inflatable or fluttering devices, projecting signs or grounds
signs, and shall also include any announcement, declaration, demonstration,
display, illustration or insignia used to advertise or promote the
interests of any person or business when the same is placed in view
of the general public. The term "sign" includes signs related and
unrelated to a business or profession or to a commodity or service
sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is located. For
the purposes of this chapter, the term "sign" does not include signs
erected and maintained pursuant to and in discharge of any governmental
function or required by any law, ordinance or governmental regulation,
nor does it include flags, emblems or symbols of a nation, governmental
body or school, nor memorial tablets or historical markers.
SIGN AREA
The surface area of a sign that is within view of a public
right-of-way, visible from any one point of view. For measurement
purposes, the sign surface area shall be calculated as follows:
(1)
For rectangular wall signs: that area of the smallest rectangle
that can be placed over the entire sign, including its lettering,
pictorial matter or devices, frame and decorative moldings along its
edges and background, if of a different color from the predominant
color surrounding the sign.
(2)
For irregular wall signs: that area defined by the edges of
the sign, including all lettering, pictorial matter or devices, frame
and decorative moldings and background, if of a different color from
the predominant color surrounding the sign.
(3)
For letters, pictorial matter or devices not attached to frames
or freestanding: that area defined by the smallest rectangle or rectangles
that can be placed over any series of letters, pictorial matter or
devices which can be considered as a unit. In the event that both
uppercase and lowercase letters are used, the area shall be defined
by the smallest rectangles that can be placed over the series of lowercase
letters, plus the area of the smallest rectangles that can be placed
over the individual uppercase letters. In the event that a letter
or letters or other pictorial matter is placed as a separate unit
on background boards, the sign area shall be calculated as the sum
of the areas of the background boards.
(4)
For freestanding double-faced signs: the area of one entire
side of the sign calculated as above.
(5)
For multiple-sided signs: the maximum area visible from any
one point of view.
(6)
For signs on other than flat surfaces: the maximum actual surface
area visible from any one point of view.
TEMPORARY SIGN
Any sign constructed of cloth, paper, canvas, plastic or
light fabric, wallboard or other light, impermanent or inflatable
material with or without frames intended to be displayed for a limited
period of time only.
WALL SIGN
A sign fastened, painted or otherwise erected on the wall
of a building so that the wall becomes the sign's supporting structure
and wholly or partially forms its background.
WINDOW SIGN
A permanent sign affixed to a window surface or in front
of or behind a window in such a manner that the window acts as its
frame or background.