Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following
words shall mean:
ACTIVITY
An individual tenant, business or other establishment.
ADVERTISING SIGN
An announcement directing attention toward a business, product,
commodity, service or entertainment.
ANIMATED SIGN
Any sign that uses a form of movement by electric, mechanical
or kinetic means, including, but not limited to, rotation, revolving
or wind activation of all or a portion of a sign incorporating flashing
or intermittent light for sign illumination or for changing the message
on a reader board/message board. Notwithstanding anything herein,
a reader board/message board is not an animated sign if the message
on the reader board/message board is displayed for more than seven
(7) seconds.
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AWNING
Any structure entirely supported by the wall to which it
is attached and which has a frame covered by canvas, cloth or other
similar temporary material and/or which can be retracted or rolled
to the structure by which it is supported.
BANNER
A temporary device made of paper, plastic, cloth or other
material hung to attract attention to a business, activity or special
event.
BUSINESS SIGN
A sign indicating the name of a company, product, service
or entertainment offered on the premises.
CANOPY
Any structure attached to a building at the inner end and
supported on the outer end.
CITY
The City of Green Park, Missouri.
CONSTRUCTION SIGN
A sign used during construction of new buildings or reconstruction
of or additions to existing buildings, such as those identifying the
project and denoting the owner, architect, engineer, contractor and/or
financing institutions of the project.
DIGITAL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES
Any standard outdoor advertising structure or portion thereof
that displays electronic images, graphics, or pictures, with or without
text information, defined by a small number of matrix elements using
different combinations of light emitting diodes (LEDs), fiber optics,
light bulbs or other illumination devices within the display area,
including computer programmable, microprocessor controlled electronic
displays and projected images or messages with these characteristics.
DIRECTIONAL SIGN
A sign, which indicates a direction for vehicular or pedestrian
traffic or other movement.
DIRECTORY SIGN
A sign that lists the tenants of a building on one (1) sign.
ERECT
To build, construct, attach, hang, rehang, place, affix or
relocate, including the painting and repainting of permanent window
signs.
FLASHING SIGN
An illuminated sign on which artificial or reflected light
is not steady or on which colors change (and which is not a traffic
sign).
FRONTAGE
The length of the lot along the street side. The front of
a lot bordering more than one (1) street is considered separate for
each street.
GROUND SIGN
Any detached sign on the same lot or parcel as the use it
advertises which has its bottom portion erected upon or supported
by the ground, a ground planter box or other supports.
HEIGHT
The highest point of either the sign or support structure,
whichever is greater.
ILLUMINATED SIGN
Any sign which is illuminated by light sources mounted on
or in the sign or from some other location.
INFORMATION SIGN
A sign displayed in or on a window or door containing any
of the following information: The name of a company, product, service
or entertainment offered on the premises, hours of operation and phone
number(s), open/closed - reader board/message board, the word "OPEN",
Internet address, street address or credit card information.
INTERIOR SIGN
A sign or other visual communicative devices that are located
entirely within a building or other enclosed structure and are not
visible from the public right-of-way or located at least five (5)
feet from a window or door in an area designated for patrons and located
such that it can be viewed by a patron while inside the building or
structure.
LAND USE CODE
Chapters
400 —
420 of the City of Green Park Municipal Code and the current district map related thereto.
LICENSED SIGN ERECTOR
A person or his/her agent or an employee who has secured
a sign erector's license. Licenses issued by St. Louis County or other
governmental agencies.
LOT
A parcel, tract, plot or area of land accessible by means
of a street or other permanently reserved principal means of access.
It may be a single parcel separately described in a deed or plat,
which is recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds, or
it may include parts of or a combination of such parcels when adjacent
to one another and used as one (1).
MAIN ENTRANCE
The principal, chief, most important, most used means or
point by which to enter a building.
MARQUEE
Any permanent roof-like structure projecting beyond a building
or extending along and projecting beyond the wall of the building
generally designed and constructed to provide protection from the
weather.
MARQUEE, CANOPY AND AWNING SIGN
A sign attached to or illustrated on the generally vertical
plane of a marquee, canopy or awning, respectively. These are considered
to be wall signs.
MEMORIAL OR TABLETS SIGN
The permanent part of a building which denotes the name of
the building, date of erection, historical significance, dedication
or other similar information.
MENU BOARD
A permanently mounted exterior structure used in the drive-through
lane of a fast food restaurant displaying the bill of fare of such
establishment.
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MOVING SIGN
A sign, all or any part of which moves or is so designed
or constructed as to facilitate movement of all or any portion thereof
by means of any mechanical, electric, pneumatic, hydraulic or other
natural or artificial force.
MULTI-TENANT BUILDING
A building housing two (2) or more tenants where less than
fifty percent (50%) of the building area is used for or less than
fifty percent (50%) of the tenants are engaged in the retail sales
of product. Tenants on the ground floor have separate main entrances
to the exterior of the building.
MULTI-TENANT BUILDING — SINGLE ENTRANCE
A building housing two (2) or more tenants where more than fifty percent (50%) building area or where more than fifty percent (50%) of the tenants are engaged in CC uses as set forth in Article
IV of Chapter
405 or office uses as defined in Section
405.060. Access to the individual tenant's entrances is by one (1) or more main entrances on the building exterior.
NON-CONFORMING SIGN
Any sign lawfully in use (advertised a business that was
conducted or a product sold on the premises or lot) at the time of
passage of this Chapter or amendments thereto that does not conform
after the passage of this Chapter or amendments thereto with the sign
regulations of the district in which it is situated or with these
sign regulations generally.
ORDER BOARD
A permanently mounted exterior structure displaying a customer's
order in the drive-through lane of a fast food restaurant.
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PERMANENT SIGN
A sign firmly attached to the ground, wall or other portion
of a building and not designed or intended to be readily removed or
relocated or a sign that is intended to be displayed for an unlimited
duration. For purposes of this Chapter, "permanent" shall include
signs intended for display or actually displayed for more than nine
(9) months.
PERSON
Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
PLAZA
A lot or series of lots combined to form a single commercial
development containing a building or buildings devoted primarily to
retail and/or restaurant uses and that is anchored by a grocery store
or large general light retail store (over twenty thousand (20,000)
square feet).
POLE SIGN
Any detached permanent sign located on the same lot or parcel
as the use it advertises which is supported by one (1) or more stationary
poles longer than two (2) feet above the mean grade line of the ground
at its base, provided that this shall not include a permitted ground
sign as set forth herein.
POLITICAL SIGN
A temporary sign advocating or opposing any political proposition
or candidate for public office.
PORTABLE SIGN
A sign that is not permanently affixed to a building, structure
or ground and that may be readily moved or relocated. This includes
signs with wheels or secondarily (attached by other means than a vehicle
sign as defined) attached to any vehicle, trailer or other transportable
devices. Examples of signs in this category include, but are not limited
to, portable reader boards/message boards, sandwich boards, portable
black signs, portable arrow signs, portable changeable fluorescent
letters signs and mobile billboards.
PREMISES
That portion of a lot or building occupied by a single occupant,
exclusive of common area, if any, shared with adjacent occupants.
PROJECTING SIGN
Any sign which projects more than fifteen (15) inches beyond
the plane of the wall or structure on which the sign is erected or
attached.
PROMOTIONAL SIGN
A device, item or thing intended to attract the attention
of the passing public, such as inflatable devices or things that flutter
or are made of flexible materials which move with the wind or by some
other artificial means including, but not limited to, pennants, banners,
balloons, whirligigs, streamers and flags other than governmental
and trademark flags as defined elsewhere in this Section.
READER BOARD/MESSAGE BOARD
A sign or part of a sign that is designed to display changeable
copy, text, information or visual displays either electronically,
through LED or other lighting, such as time and temperature or manually
by use of changeable alphanumeric lettering. To not be considered
an animated sign, a reader board/message board must display its message
for a minimum of seven (7) seconds.
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REAL ESTATE SIGN
A sign pertaining only to the prospective rental, lease or
sale of the property on which it is located.
ROOF SIGN
Any sign erected on a roof but excluding marquee and canopy
signs and excluding wall or projecting signs which do not project
greater than twenty-four (24) inches above a parapet wall. The generally
vertical plane of a mansard type roof shall be interpreted as the
same as a wall of a building.
SIGN
A device, a structure or part of a structure, including structural
trim, which displays or upon which is displayed any colors, message,
name or symbol of any kind for the purpose of advertising, announcing,
directing or attracting attention from persons located outside a building.
Sign supports are not a part of the sign.
SIGN AREA
The area of the sign face. The "sign area" of a multi-faced sign is the sum of the sign areas of each face,
including structural trim and reader board/message board, which can
be seen from a single location on an adjacent street and which displays
or upon which is displayed any color, message, name or symbol of any
kind for the purpose of advertising, announcing, directing or attracting
attention from persons located outside of a building. If a sign is
attached to a building, applied to a window or suspended in any manner
whereby there is no apparent trim or confining border, the sign area
shall be computed by drawing an imaginary straight line around a generally
rectangular margin and measuring the area so encompassed by these
lines.
SIGN FACE OR SURFACE
Any surface of a sign upon, against or through which the
advertising message is displayed or illustrated, including structural
trim, which displays or upon which is displayed any color, message,
name or symbol of any kind for the purpose of advertising, announcing,
directing or attracting attention from persons located outside of
a building and which can be seen from a single location on an adjacent
street, provided that the ends or thickness of a sign shall not be
counted as a separate sign face unless an advertising message is conveyed
thereon.
SIGN STRUCTURE
The sign and all parts associated with its construction.
SIGN SUPPORTS
All structures by which a sign is held up including, for
example, poles, braces, guys and anchors.
STANDARD OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURE
Structures and signs designed to be viewed by motorists along
interstate and primary highway systems. Such structures may include
billboards, detached pole signs on separate parcels, wall signs and
signs otherwise attached to buildings and/or supported by uprights
or braces on the ground. Real estate signs are excluded from this
definition.
STREET ADDRESS
The official street number of a building location as determined
by the U.S. Post Office.
STRIP MALL
A building with two (2) or more tenants in which more than
fifty percent (50%) of the first (1st) floor or where more than fifty
percent (50%) of the tenants on the first (1st) floor are engaged
in the retail sales of product, with separate main entrances to the
exterior of the building, which is not anchored by a grocery store
or large general light retail store (over twenty thousand (20,000)
square feet).
STRUCTURAL TRIM
The molding, battens, cappings, nailing strips, latticing
and platforms which are attached to the sign structure.
SUBDIVISION MAP SIGN
A street map of any area placed on a sign during the development
phase of the area.
TEMPORARY SIGN
Any sign customarily intended for a limited or intermittent
period of display. For purposes of this Chapter, "temporary" shall mean nine (9) months or less.
VEHICLE SIGN
A sign painted directly on or semi-permanently adhered (e.g.
sticker, magnet or other similar material) to all or part of an automobile,
van, truck, other motorized vehicle or trailer.
WALL SIGN
A sign erected or attached to any portion of the wall of
a building with the plane of the face parallel to the plane of the
wall below the roof line and projects less than fifteen (15) inches
from the attaching surface.
WINDOW SIGN, PERMANENT
A sign that is permanently affixed to or otherwise displayed
on either side of the glass of an exterior window or displayed for
the purpose of being viewed from the exterior. For the purpose of
this Chapter, a glass brick wall shall be deemed a window.
WINDOW SIGN, TEMPORARY
A sign that is temporarily affixed to or otherwise displayed
on either side of the glass of an exterior window or displayed for
the purpose of being viewed from the exterior. For the purpose of
this Chapter, a glass brick wall shall be deemed a window. For the
purposes of this Chapter, "temporary" shall mean
nine (9) months or less.