§ 8.01.00. Definitions.
The following definitions are germane to this chapter:
Animated signs: Any sign that uses movement or change of lighting to depict action or create a special effect or scene.
Banner: Any sign of lightweight fabric or similar material that is mounted to a pole or a building by a permanent frame at one or more edges.
Beacon: Any light with one or more beams directed into the atmosphere or directed at one or more points not on the same lot or parcel as the light source; also, any light with one or more beams that rotate or move.
Canopy sign: Any sign that is a part of or attached to an awning, canopy, or other fabric, plastic, or structural protective cover over a door, entrance, window, or outdoor service area. A marquee is not a canopy.
Changeable copy sign: A sign or portion thereof with characters, letters, panels or illustrations that can be changed or rearranged without altering the surface of the sign.
Flag: Any fabric, banner, or bunting containing distinctive colors, patterns, or symbols, used as a symbol of a government, political subdivision, or other entity.
Freestanding sign: Any sign supported by structures or supports that are placed on, or anchored in, the ground and that are independent from any building or other structure.
Incidental sign: A sign, generally informational, that has a purpose secondary to the use of the lot or parcel on which it is located, such as "no parking," "entrance," "loading only," "telephone," and other similar directives. No sign with a commercial message legible from a position off the lot or parcel on which the sign is located shall be considered an incidental sign.
Marquee: Any permanent roof-like structure projecting beyond a building or extending along and projecting beyond the wall of the building, generally designed and constructed to provide protection from the weather.
Marquee sign: Any sign attached to, in any manner, or made a part of a marquee.
Non-conforming sign: Any sign that does not conform to the requirements of this ordinance.
Pennant: Any lightweight plastic, fabric, or other material, whether or not containing a message of any kind, suspended from a rope, wire, or string, usually in series, designed to move in the wind.
Political signs: Signs which are permitted only during the period of an election campaign or referendum.
Portable sign: Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure, or a sign designed to be transported, including, but not limited to, signs designed to be transported by means of wheels; signs converted to A- or T-frames; balloons used as signs; umbrellas for advertising; and signs attached to or painted on vehicles parked and visible from the public right-of-way, unless said vehicle is used in the normal day-to-day operations of the business.
Principal structure: A building in which the primary use of the lot or parcel on which the building is located is conducted.
Projecting sign: Any sign affixed to a building or wall in such manner that its leading edge extends more than six inches beyond the surface of such building or wall.
Roof-sign: Any sign erected and constructed wholly on and over the roof of a building, supported by a roof structure, and extending vertically above the highest portion of the roof.
Roof-sign, integral: Any sign erected or constructed as an integral or essentially integral part of a normal roof structure of any design, such that no part of the sign extends vertically above the highest portion of the roof and such that no part of the sign is separated from the rest of the roof by a space of more than six inches.
Sign: Outdoor advertising display by means of any letter, figure, character, mark, plane, point, marquee sign, design, poster, pictorial, picture, stroke, stripe, line, trademark, reading matter, or illuminated service, which shall be so constructed, placed, attached, painted, erected, fastened, or manufactured in any manner whatsoever, so that the same shall be used for the attraction of the public to any place, subject, person, firm corporation, public performance, article, machine, or merchandise, whatsoever, and which is displayed in any manner whatsoever outdoors.
Sign, on-site: A sign relating in its subject matter to the premises on which it is located or to products, accommodations, service or activities on the premises. Free-standing signs are those which have structural support for the sign independent of support by buildings or other structures.
Sign, off-site: A sign relating in its subject matter to a premises other than the premises on which it is located or to products, accommodations, service or activities available on premises other than on the site on which the sign is located, including billboard signs erected in the conduct of the outdoor advertising business.
Street: A strip of land or way subject to vehicular traffic (as well as pedestrian traffic) that provides direct or indirect access to property, including, but not limited to, alleys, avenues, boulevards, courts, drives, highways, lanes, places, roads, terraces, trails, or other thoroughfares.
Street frontage: The length of the front property line of the lot, lots, or tract of land abutting a public street, road, highway, or rural right-of-way.
Suspended sign: A sign that is suspended from the under-side of a horizontal plane surface and is supported by such surface.
Temporary sign: Any sign that is used only temporarily and is not permanently mounted.
Wall sign: Any sign attached parallel to, but within six inches of, a wall, painted on the wall surface of, or erected and confined within the limits of an outside wall of any building or structure, which is supported by such wall or building, and displays only one sign surface.
Window sign: Any sign, picture, symbol, or combination thereof, designed to communicate information about an activity, business, commodity, event, sale, or service, that is placed inside a window or upon the window panes or glass and is visible from the exterior of the window.
(Ord. No. 11-01, § 2, 1-18-11)