As used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean and
include:
PUBLIC PROPERTY
All real property owned by a municipality, school district,
special district, or public authority, including, but not limited
to public streets, both the paved and unpaved portions, and the sidewalks
in and along them; parks; parking lots; and property improved with
buildings and other structures.
SIGNS
Any written and/or pictorial matter, device, material, illustration,
logo or other symbol, which is affixed to or painted, represented,
or otherwise installed, erected, stapled, taped, or otherwise affixed
on or to any part of a pole, rock, tree, building, fence, or other
structure or vegetation, and any other object that is otherwise placed
in view of the general public when having the result of being an attention-directing
device, including, but not limited to, pennants, flags, balloons,
blimps, and fluttering matter.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, whether or not manufactured
or constructed to be portable, on, above, or below the surface of
land or water, including buildings, fences, walls, and signs, whether
permanent or temporary.
VILLAGE PROPERTY
All real property owned by the Village, including, but not
limited to Village streets, both the paved and unpaved portions, and
the sidewalks in and along them; parks; parking lots; and property
improved with buildings and other structures.
WALLS
Any material or combination of materials, whether physically
connected or not, that produce a vertical height in excess of four
inches, including the layering of stones, wood, or synthetic materials.
The penalties for any violation of this chapter shall be as set forth in Article
II of Chapter
1 of this Code.
In any prosecution of any violation of this chapter, it shall
be an affirmative defense that the alleged violator had the consent
of the public body that owned the property to perform the act that
is the subject of the alleged violation.