For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms or words
used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
CODES OFFICIAL
That person designated by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Greene to serve at the pleasure of the Board and charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing this chapter. Such person may be the Code Official having similar responsibilities with respect to Chapter
125, Zoning.
DISTRICT
The districts established and defined in Chapter
125, Zoning, and/or the Historical District.
ERECT
To build, construct, display, relocate, attach, hang, place, suspend
or affix, any sign.
FACE OF A BUILDING
The outer surface of a building which is visible from any private
or public street or highway or parking lot.
LIGHTING DEVICE
Any light, string of lights or group of lights located or arranged
so as to illuminate a sign.
PERSON
Any firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company
or corporation, as well as an individual.
SIGN
Any device located or used on the exterior or in the interior of
any building or unattached and separate from any building, designed primarily
to inform or attract the attention of persons not on the premises on which
said device is located or on the immediate street frontage thereof. Such devices
include but are not limited to holiday decorations, wall signs, projecting
signs and freestanding signs, as defined in this chapter, containing advertisements,
announcements, notices, directional matters, names, declarations, demonstrations,
displays, illustrations or insignia used to advertise or promote the interests
of a person or business when the "sign" is placed in view of the general public.
Such signs may be known as "billboards," "sign frames," "painted signs," "hanging
signs" or "ground signs" and include illuminated, moving, flashing or fluttering
devices.
SIGN AREA
That portion of a sign containing lettering, logos or other graphics,
including the background, all borders and other items essential for the message
being projected. The area is also known as a "face area." On two-faced projecting
or freestanding signs, the largest and only one face shall be used to compute
sign area.
SIGN, CONSTRUCTION
Any sign denoting the architect, engineer, contractor or similar
person responsible for the construction, repair or renovation work on the
premises.
SIGN, FREESTANDING
Any single or multifaced sign not attached to or painted on a building
and having an independent fixed location.
SIGN, ILLUMINATED
Any sign illuminated by electricity, gas or other artificial light,
including reflective or phosphorescent light.
SIGN, NONCONFORMING
Any sign which was lawful before this chapter was passed or amended,
but which would be prohibited, regulated or restricted under the terms of
this chapter or future amendments.
SIGN, OFF-PREMISES
Any sign unrelated to a business or profession conducted or to a
commodity or service sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is
located; also known as a "nonaccessory sign."
SIGN, PORTABLE
Any single or multifaced sign not fastened to a structure or to the
land and readily movable to other locations.
SIGN, PROJECTING
Any single or multifaced sign which projects from the exterior of
any building.
SIGN, WALL
Any sign painted on or attached to the exterior front or face (including
windows) of a building and not projecting therefrom.
STREET LINE
The outside right-of-way line of a street, defined in the New York
State Village Law.
WALL SIGN ARRANGEMENT, AREA OF
Determined by taking the sum of the areas of the rectangles circumscribing
the words and devices of each wall sign in the arrangement.