NON-OFFICIAL — Any fabric designed to be flown from a
permanent or temporary ground-set flagpole, staff or hung as a pennant
or bunting and may be used for any commercial purpose.
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OFFICIAL — Any fabric containing distinctive colors, patterns
or symbols designed to symbolize the United States, State of Missouri,
other States, other Nations, the United State military, veterans and
other organization.
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ABANDONED — A sign that has not been utilized for a continuous
uninterrupted period of one hundred eighty (180) days.
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ANIMATED — Any sign that includes action or motion.
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AREA/FACE — A total area of the space to be used for information
purposes.
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AWNING — A sign permanently affixed to an awning.
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BASE/PLINTH — The base of a pedestal sign that rests directly
on the ground designed as a support unit, architectural unit or decorative
design element.
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BILLBOARD — An outdoor advertising sign or device supported
by uprights or braces on the ground that advertises products or services
which are not sold or manufactured on the premises of the sign or
device's location.
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CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION — A sign used during the construction
of new buildings or reconstruction of or additions to existing buildings,
which identifies the project or future use of site and provides information
denoting the owner, architect, engineer, contractor and/or financing
institutions of the project.
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DAILY ADVERTISING SET OUT — A freestanding sign (e.g.,
A-frame, sandwich boards) that is displayed during hours in which
a business is open and removed during hours in which a business is
closed.
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DIRECTIONAL — A sign that indicates a direction for vehicular
or pedestrian traffic or other movement.
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DIRECTORY — A sign containing three (3) or more names
within a single sign.
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ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD/CENTER — A sign that presents
a message through illumination that includes, but not limited to,
intermittent or moving lights forming letters, numbers or symbols
of the message, whether or not the message appears to move across
the sign face including such message as may be driven mechanically
or by computer-driven electronic impulses.
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FLASHING — Any sign which contains or utilizes an intermittent
or flashing light source or which includes the illusion of intermittent
or flashing light by means of animation or an externally mounted intermittent
light source. Automatic changing signs such as public service, time,
temperature and date signs are not defined as flashing signs.
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FLUTTERING — Any sign manufactured of flexible materials
or is in any way designed to be moved by the wind or by some other
artificial means shall be considered a "fluttering sign". Such signs
shall include, but not limited to, pennants, banners, balloons, spinning
devices and streamers.
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FREESTANDING — Any sign supported by structures or supports
that are placed on or anchored in the ground and that is independent
from any building or other structure.
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GARAGE/YARD SALE — The offering for sale of one (1) or
multiple items of personal property.
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HELP WANTED — Any sign advertising employment opportunities.
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ILLUMINATED — Any sign that is illuminated by light source
mounted on or in the sign or at some other location.
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INFORMATIONAL — Those signs dealing with traffic, street,
speed, etc., that are approved and erect by the City, County, State
or Federal authority. Also any sign that gives parking, directions,
building address, fire protection, traffic flow (other than directional
signs), height clearance, pedestrian, no trespassing and other similar
information and that does not advertise a business or use located
on lot or parcel.
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INTERIOR — An interior sign erected so as to be visible
from a street but not attached to a window.
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MEMORIAL OR TABLET — A permanent part of a building that
denotes the name of the building, date of erection or historical significance,
dedication or other similar information or a monument/sign/marker
permanently erected on the ground and constructed of durable weather-proof
materials that denotes a site and its historical significance, dedication
or other similar information.
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OCCUPATIONAL/IDENTIFICATION — A wall sign identifying
the vocation and name of a person occupying a building and mounted
adjacent to the main entrance of the building.
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OFF-SITE — Any sign advertising products or services not
manufactured, sold, performed or available on the premises of the
sign.
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PEDESTAL — Any detached sign on the same lot or parcel
as the use it advertised which has its bottom portion attached to
a proportionate base or plinth, integrated ground planter box or structural
frame, the width of which shall be a minimum of one-half (½)
the width of the widest part of the sign face.
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PERPENDICULAR WALL SIGN — A projecting sign erected perpendicular
to the building or structure upon which it is placed.
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POLE/PYLON — Any freestanding sign located on the same
lot or parcel as the use it advertises which is supported by one (1)
or more stationary poles.
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POLITICAL — A temporary sign advocating or opposing any
political proposition or candidate for public office.
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PORTABLE — A sign that is not permanently affixed to a
building, structure or ground and that may be readily moved or relocated.
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PROJECTING — Any sign or part thereof protruding outwardly
from the building or structure to which it is attached.
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QUICK SHOP/SERVICE STATION — A business combining one
(1) service station facility and one (1) merchandise store on the
same lot. The service station and merchandise store shall be contained
in one (1) combined-use building or a business that dispenses or is
designed only to dispense gasoline and oil for use in motor vehicles
and boats.
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QUICK SHOP/SERVICE STATION GASOLINE PRICE — A sign containing
thereon the price per gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel sold at said
business.
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REAL ESTATE — Signs relative to the sale, lease or rental
of property.
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ROOF — Any sign erected on a roof, excluding wall signs.
The generally vertical or perpendicular plane of a mansard-type roof
shall be interpreted the same as a wall of a building.
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SPECIAL HOLIDAY DISPLAYS — Signs or an assemblage of materials
used for holiday or promotion of a civic purpose, civil welfare or
charitable purposes.
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TEMPORARY — Any sign intended for a limited or intermittent
period of display. Such signs shall include, but not limited to, political
signs, yard/garage sales signs, real estate signs, etc.
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WALL — A sign attached to the wall of a building or against
the perpendicular or generally vertical place of a mansard-type roof
with the plane of the sign face parallel to the plane of the wall
below the roof line. Such sign may be hung parallel or perpendicular.
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WINDOW — A sign internally or externally affixed on a
window or glass door.
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