As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AUXILIARY SIGNA sign affixed in a subordinate position to supports of a freestanding sign or to lighting poles, gasoline pumps and similar structures.
BACKLIGHTED SIGNA sign or graphics silhouetted by a light source not directly visible.
BANNERA type of flag, not an emblem of a government or institution, with graphics that are purely decorative or that identify, advertise and/or convey commercial information.
B DISTRICTA business district, as established by the Zoning Law.
BOARD OF APPEALSThe Board designated by the Board of Trustees in accordance with the provisions of the Zoning Law.
BT DISTRICTA business transitional district as established by the Zoning Law.
BUILDING FRONTAGEThat part of a building or lot facing a sidewalk, street or other public place.
CANOPYA permanent rooflike shelter or shade attached to a building or on freestanding supports, or both.
DISTRICTA zoning district classification, as established by the Zoning Law.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALThe official charged with the duty to enforce the Zoning Law and other laws, ordinances, codes and regulations relating to buildings and property.
EXEMPT SIGNA sign that may be placed without a sign permit under the provisions of this chapter.
FREESTANDING SIGNA sign affixed to the ground independent of any adjacent building or structure.
FREESTANDING SIGN AREAThe area of the smallest rectangle circumscribing one face of the sign panel or sign symbol or of grouped panels or symbols, inclusive of decorative appendages but exclusive of supports.
FRONT YARDAn open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, between the building front line and the street line but, for the purposes of this chapter, excluding any public sidewalk and the area between such sidewalk and street and extending the full width of the lot.
GASOLINE STATIONA drive-in service for the sale of motor fuel, oil and motor vehicle accessories and which may include facilities for lubricating, washing or servicing vehicles, but not including painting or body repairs or the sale of new or used cars. The term includes "filling station" and "service station."
GRAPHICSThe letters, figures, emblems, devices and other representations comprising the visual message of a sign.
HISTORICAL MARKER SIGNA sign displaying historical and/or architectural information about a building or place.
I2 INSTITUTIONALThe I2 Zone supports uses auxiliary to Colgate University and primarily to the housing of students attending the University.
ILLUMINATED SIGNA sign illuminated by artificial light or which is composed of luminous tubing or other artificial lighting devices.
LUMINOUS TUBINGGlass tubing with a cold cathode light or similar source, such as neon.
MARQUEEA permanent roofed structure projecting from a building, usually over an entrance, attached to the building or freestanding supports, or both.
MULTI-USE FACILITYA shopping center or similar facility where two or more enterprises are operated on any one parcel or contiguous parcels under the ownership or management of the same person, firm or corporation.
NONCONFORMING SIGNA sign lawfully existing on the effective date of this law, or subsequent amendment thereto, which does not conform to the regulations applicable in the district in which it is located.
OFF-PREMISES SIGNA sign related to an enterprise not conducted or to a service or commodity not offered or sold upon the premises where such sign is located.
ON-PREMISES SIGNA sign related to an enterprise conducted or to a service or commodity offered or sold upon the premises where such sign is located.
OWNEROwner, agent or person having beneficial use of the building or land on which a sign is located.
PERSONFirm, partnership, trust, company, corporation, organization, institution and similar entities, as well as an individual, acting as owner, lessee, agent or employee.
PORTABLE SIGNA sign not fastened to a building or structure or to the ground or pavement, readily movable from one location to another.
PROHIBITED SIGNA sign that is forbidden under the provisions of this chapter.
PROJECTING SIGN AREAThe area of the smallest rectangle circumscribing one face of the sign panel or sign symbol or of grouped panels or symbols, inclusive of decorative appendages but exclusive of supports.
PUBLIC INFORMATION SIGNA sign identifying a public facility, such as a public telephone, or providing information concerning direction, safety, trespassing and similar.
PUBLIC PLACEAny thoroughfare, square, plaza, public parking lot or similar area, whether publicly or privately owned.
R DISTRICTA residential district, as established by the Zoning Law.
REGULATED SIGNA sign, that may be placed on issuance of a sign permit under the provisions of this chapter.
RIGHT-OF-WAY, PUBLICLand over which the public may travel, subject to restrictions by the government with jurisdiction, whether or not said government has control of the land by ownership or easement.
ROOF SIGNA sign placed above the upper edge of a building, wall or parapet or placed or painted on or above the roof covering or on an independent structural frame on a roof or on the side or roof structures such as marquees, penthouses, elevator housing, tanks and similar structures.
SELF-ILLUMINATED SIGNAn internally illuminated sign with graphics displayed on a translucent face or individual letters or symbols with a translucent face and with translucent or opaque edges.
SIGNA device for visual communication publicly displayed to identify, advertise and/or convey information.
SIGN AREASee "freestanding sign area," "projecting sign area," and "wall sign area."
SIGN DIRECTORYA listing of several enterprises, consisting of a matrix and sign components.
SIGN HEIGHTThe vertical dimension from grade to the uppermost point on the sign panel.
SIGN SYMBOLA sign whose shape represents an object or a customary identifying device, such as a barber pole.
STORE FRONTAGEThat part of a building frontage between architectural elements of the facade, such as piers, or the frontage of a single enterprise.
STREETA public thoroughfare that affords the principal means of access to abutting property.
STREET GRAPHICSAny graphics that can be seen from a sidewalk, street or other public place.
TEMPORARY SIGNA sign intended for use for a period not exceeding 30 days, or construction and similar signs intended for the duration of a particular project or upon the sale or rental of the property.
VARIANCEA departure from the terms of this chapter authorized by the Board of Appeals due to a practical difficulty or unnecessary and undue hardship, not the result of the actions of the applicant, peculiar to an individual situation.
WALL SIGNA sign painted or affixed on and parallel to an exterior wall of a building or structure, but not on window glass.
WALL SIGN AREAThe sum of the areas of the graphics, measured as the sum of the areas of the smallest rectangles circumscribing each group of words and each device or other representation, except that any graphics surrounded by a border or on a panel that differentiates such graphics from a background shall be measured as the area of the smallest rectangle circumscribing the border or panel.
WINDOW SIGNA sign visible from a sidewalk, street or other public place, painted or affixed on glass or other window material or located inside within four feet of the window, but not including graphics in connection with customary window display of products and similar displays.