Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ABANDONED BILLBOARD
A billboard which has carried no message for more than one
hundred eighty (180) days or which no longer identifies a bona fide
business, lessor, service, owner, product, or activity, date or time
of past event, and/or for which no legal owner can be found. The definition
shall also include any billboard structure which no longer supports
the billboard for which it was designed.
ADMINISTRATOR
The designated government official whose responsibility it
is to administer the provisions of this Section. These activities
may include, but are not limited to, reviewing applications for billboard
permits, corresponding and/or meeting with applicants, issuing and
denying billboard permits, inspecting billboards, and interpreting
and enforcing the provisions of this Section.
ARCHITECTURAL, SCENIC, OR HISTORIC AREA
An area of special control that contains unique visual or
historic characteristics or whose natural beauty requires special
regulations to ensure that all billboards displayed within the area
are compatible with the area.
BILLBOARD
An off-premises object, device, display, sign, or structure,
or part thereof, displayed outdoors or visible from a public way,
which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct or attract attention
to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product,
service, event or location, or to express a point of view, by any
means, including words, letters, figures, design, symbols, advertising
flags, fixtures, colors, illuminations or projected images. Each substantially
different face of a billboard structure shall constitute a separate
billboard. Billboards do not include on-premises commercial or political
signage nor small commercial or non-commercial signs temporarily placed
in residential lawns by residents, owners, contractors, realtors,
or by or on behalf of political candidates or issues.
BILLBOARD AREA
The facing of a billboard, including copy, insignia, background,
structural supports, and border and trim. The measurement shall be
determined by the smallest rectangle inclusive of all letters and
images. The structural supports shall be excluded if they do not constitute
a major part of the billboard or if the structure is not used to identify
or attract attention to the business or product.
BILLBOARD PLAZA
An area of special control which the Village of Country Club
Board of Trustees designates as appropriate for the display of billboards.
CHANGEABLE COPY
Copy that changes at intervals of more than once every six
(6) seconds.
COMMERCIAL BILLBOARD
A billboard which identifies goods or services that are not
sold on the premises where the billboard is located.
DIRECTIONAL SIGN
A sign erected and maintained by local officials within the
public right-of-way to indicate to the traveling public the route
and distance to public accommodations, facilities, commercial services
and points of scenic, historical, cultural, recreational, educational
or religious interest. Such signs shall conform to all applicable
State regulations regarding the placement of billboards in public
rights-of-way.
FLASHING ILLUMINATION
A light source which, in whole or in part, physically changes
in light intensity or gives the appearance of such change at intervals
of less than six (6) seconds.
HEIGHT
The vertical distance measured from grade at the edge of
the adjacent right-of-way to the highest point of the billboard.
ILLEGAL BILLBOARD
A billboard that was constructed in violation of regulations
that existed at the time it was built.
INTERNAL ILLUMINATION
A light source that is concealed or contained within the
billboard and becomes visible in darkness through a translucent surface.
MOVEMENT
Physical movement or revolution up or down, around, or sideways
that completes a cycle of change at intervals of less than six (6)
seconds.
NON-CONFORMING BILLBOARD
A billboard which was lawfully erected and maintained on
the effective date, November 8, 2005, of this or Section, or any amendment
thereto, that does not conform to the regulations of the district
in which it is located.
POLITICAL BILLBOARD
A billboard that advertises a candidate or an issue which
is to be voted on in a local, State, or Federal election.
PREMISES
The contiguous land in the same ownership or control which
is not divided by a street.
SCENIC ROADSIDE
Include those land areas within the municipal limits which
lie within the viewshed of either side of the outermost edge of any
of the roads, which are of uncommon visual importance or scenic attractiveness.
SPACING
Spacing of billboards shall be the minimum distance between
outdoor advertising billboard structures measured along the nearest
edge of the pavement between points directly opposite the billboards
along each side of the highway and shall apply to outdoor advertising
billboard structures located on both sides of the highway involved.
STRUCTURE
Anything built that requires a permanent location.
VIEWSHED
An area visible from the road that provides vistas over water
or across expanses of land, such as farmland, woodlands, coastal wetlands,
mountaintops or ridgelines.