[Ord. 9/2/1986, § 2.01]
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meaning given in this section:
The area occupied by a business or other public enterprise.
When more than one business occupies a single building on the ground
floor, each business area shall be considered a separate premise.
Businesses or other public enterprises which occupy other floors shall
be considered separate premises.
A cohesive unit of stores or other commercial businesses
arranged and constructed according to a plan and contained within
a single parcel of land.
A sign is any structure, device, light or natural object,
including the ground itself or any part thereof, or any device attached
thereto, or painted or represented thereon, which shall be used to
identify, advertise, or attract attention to any object, product,
place, activity, person, institution, organization, firm, group, commodity,
profession, enterprise, industry or business, or which shall display
or include any letter, word, model, number, banner, flag, pennant,
insignia, device or representation used as an announcement, direction,
or advertisement, and which is intended to be seen from off the premises
or from a parking lot. The word "sign" shall include signs which are
affixed to the inside of windows and glass doors and are intended
to be seen from roadways or parking lots. No other indoor sign shall
be deemed a sign within this Part.
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A detached sign supported by one or more permanent uprights,
poles or braces embedded in the ground or attached to masonry foundations
embedded in the ground.
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A sign that provides artificial light directly, or through any
transparent or translucent material, from a source of light connected
with such sign, or a sign illuminated by a light focused upon or chiefly
directed at the surface of the sign.
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Any sign which is not a temporary sign.
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A sign which projects from and is supported by a wall of a building.
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A sign not attached to any portion of a building or ground support,
and intended for a limited period of display. Does not include window
displays of merchandise or advertising related thereto of a temporary
nature.
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A sign which is attached directly or painted upon a building
wall, and which does not extend more than 18 inches therefrom nor
extend above the roof line, with the exposed face of the sign in a
plane parallel to the building wall.
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A sign erected and maintained upon or above the roof of a building.
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A permanent sign maintained in or painted upon a window. Does
not include window displays of merchandise or advertising related
thereto of a temporary nature.
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A permanent structure detached from the principal building and
located in the front yard area in which is displayed the name of a
religious institution, hospital, school, nursing home, home for the
elderly, library, art center, or similar institution. May include
the announcement of services or activities.
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Sign area is the area of the smallest triangle, rectangle,
circle, or other geometric figure which can wholly enclose the surface
area of the sign. All visible faces of a multi-faced sign shall be
counted separately and then totaled in calculating sign area.
