A.
For the purposes of this chapter, certain words and
terms shall have the meanings given in this section.
B.
Words used in the present tense include the future
tense; words used in the singular include the plural and the plural
the singular; the word "shall" is mandatory and not permissive.
C.
AFFIX
BUILDING
ENTERPRISE
ERECT
PLACEMENT
STREET
USED
Certain words imply and include other words, as follows:
Attach, append, join, suspend.
Structure.
Business, profession, organization, association.
Build, construct, alter.
Location, erection.
Road, highway, lane, alley.
Designed, intended, arranged to be used.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A sign affixed in a subordinate position to supports of a
freestanding sign or to lighting poles, gasoline pumps and similar
structures.
See "canopy."
A sign or graphics silhouetted by a light source not directly
visible.
A 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.
A business district, as established by the Zoning Law.[1]
The Board designated by the Board of Trustees in accordance
with the provisions of the Zoning Law.
A business transitional district as established by the Zoning
Law.
The exterior surface of a building.
That part of a building or lot facing a sidewalk, street
or other public place.
A permanent rooflike shelter or shade attached to a building
or on freestanding supports, or both.
A sign on which the visual message may be periodically changed.
A zoning district classification, as established by the Zoning
Law.
The official charged with the duty to enforce the Zoning
Law and other laws, ordinances, codes and regulations relating to
buildings and property.
A sign that may be placed without a sign permit under the
provisions of this chapter.
A sign affixed to the ground independent of any adjacent
building or structure.
The 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.
An 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.
A 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."
The letters, figures, emblems, devices and other representations
comprising the visual message of a sign.
A sign displaying historical and/or architectural information
about a building or place.
The I2 Zone supports uses auxiliary to Colgate University
and primarily to the housing of students attending the University.
A sign illuminated by artificial light or which is composed
of luminous tubing or other artificial lighting devices.
A sign illuminated by reflection from a light source not
directly visible.
Glass tubing with a cold cathode light or similar source,
such as neon.
A permanent roofed structure projecting from a building,
usually over an entrance, attached to the building or freestanding
supports, or both.
A 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.
A 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.
A 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.
A sign related to an enterprise conducted or to a service
or commodity offered or sold upon the premises where such sign is
located.
Owner, agent or person having beneficial use of the building
or land on which a sign is located.
Firm, partnership, trust, company, corporation, organization,
institution and similar entities, as well as an individual, acting
as owner, lessee, agent or employee.
A sign not fastened to a building or structure or to the
ground or pavement, readily movable from one location to another.
A sign that is forbidden under the provisions of this chapter.
The 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.
A sign identifying a public facility, such as a public telephone,
or providing information concerning direction, safety, trespassing
and similar.
Any thoroughfare, square, plaza, public parking lot or similar
area, whether publicly or privately owned.
A residential district, as established by the Zoning Law.[2]
A sign, that may be placed on issuance of a sign permit under
the provisions of this chapter.
Land 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.
A 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.
Two-sided hinged sign, freestanding and portable in nature.
An 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.
A device for visual communication publicly displayed to identify,
advertise and/or convey information.
See "freestanding sign area," "projecting sign area," and
"wall sign area."
A listing of several enterprises, consisting of a matrix
and sign components.
The vertical dimension from grade to the uppermost point
on the sign panel.
A sign whose shape represents an object or a customary identifying
device, such as a barber pole.
That part of a building frontage between architectural elements
of the facade, such as piers, or the frontage of a single enterprise.
A public thoroughfare that affords the principal means of
access to abutting property.
Any graphics that can be seen from a sidewalk, street or
other public place.
A 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.
A 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.
A sign painted or affixed on and parallel to an exterior
wall of a building or structure, but not on window glass.
The 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.
A 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.
