Sign Type Definitions. See Table 3.1, Sign Type Definitions, for
definitions of allowable sign types within the Village of Sherwood.
The following additional definitions shall be applicable in this chapter:
ABANDONED SIGN
A sign which no longer correctly advertises a bona fide business,
lessor, owner, product or activity conducted or product available
on the premises where the sign is displayed.
ADVERTISING VEHICLE
Any advertising media attached to or an integral part of
a trailer, truck or other vehicle used for sales or promotional purposes.
BANNER
A non illuminated, elongated fabric sign usually used as
a temporary display for the special announcement of a coming event.
Can be used with or without frame.
BILLBOARD
Outdoor advertising on a board, poster, panel structure or
device of any kind used or intended to be used for advertising or
display painted thereon, or for the affixment, attachment or support
of printed poster, or other advertising matter and constructed, erected
and located on any premises not owned or occupied by the person for
whose use such billboard is constructed, erected, located or attached,
and when used for purposes other than advertising the business conducted
on such premises or in such building or structure. Usually larger
than 300 square feet in area.
BUILDING FACADE
That portion of a building, which is parallel or nearly parallel
to the abutting roadway.
BUSINESS IDENTIFICATION SIGN
Any sign which promotes the name and type of business only
on the premises where it is located. (See "professional nameplate.")
CHANGEABLE COPY/MESSAGE SIGN
A sign, such as a time and temperature sign, message center
or reader board, whether electronic, electric or manual, where the
copy or message changes.
DIRECTIONAL SIGN
Any sign which serves to designate the location or direction
of any place or area.
DOUBLE-FACED SIGN
A sign with copy on two parallel faces that are back to back,
facing opposite directions.
FLAGS or PENNANTS
Devices generally made of flexible materials, such as cloth,
paper or plastic, and displayed on strings, wires, or poles, including
but not limited to feathered flags.
FLASHING SIGN
Any sign which contains 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.
FRONTAGE
The length of the property line of any one premises parallel
to and along each public right-of-way it borders.
GOVERNMENTAL SIGN
Any sign used for posting legal notices, identification of
streets, traffic regulation, notice of danger or other emergencies
or the posting of notice of trespassing.
HEIGHT OF THE SIGN
The vertical distance measured from the ground (finished
surface) at the base of a sign to the highest point of such sign.
ILLEGAL SIGN
Signs which are considered illegal are those which do not
meet the standards of the codes at the time they were erected or do
not meet the standards of this chapter.
INFLATABLE SIGN
Any advertising structure which is filled with a nonflammable
gas or air under pressure.
LEGAL NONCONFORMING SIGN
A sign that did meet code regulations when it was originally
installed but does not meet current code regulations.
LOT
A parcel of land, held in one ownership or multiple ownerships,
bounded by lines defined on the Official Map of Sherwood and abutting
a public street.
MEMORIAL SIGN AND PLAQUES
Any sign or table used for the purpose of identifying the
names of buildings and the date of erection and which are cut into
any masonry surface or inlaid so as to be part of the building or
structure, or which are attached to a building or structure and which
are constructed of bronze or other noncombustible materials.
OFF-PREMISES SIGN
A sign which advertises goods, products, facilities or services
not located on the premises where the sign is located or directs persons
to a different location from where the sign is located.
ON-PREMISES SIGN
Any sign identifying or advertising a business, person, activity,
goods, products or services located on a premises where the sign is
installed.
OPERATIONAL SIGN
A sign designating an entrance, exit, service area, restroom
or other such signs relating to the functional operation of a building
or lot without further elaboration of display.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
A term used to describe a housing development not subject
to standard zoning requirements for the area. With permission from
the local government, a developer establishes criteria that determine
the private and common areas and building guidelines. These may include
streetlighting designs, street width standards, architectural styles,
building height standards, land coverage ratios, common area park
or amenity requirements.
SETBACK
The regulated minimum horizontal distance between the base
setback line and any structure on a lot.
SETBACK LINE
The edge of the established ultimate street right-of-way.
SIGN
Any structure or device displaying advertising in the form
of lettering, pictures, symbols or other media, including all but
the supporting structure.
SIGN AREA
The total one-sided surface area of the sign structure, including
the text/graphic area of the sign, as well as the necessary supports,
uprights and/or base materials above grade level on which the sign
may be placed. If the sign consists of more than one section or module,
all areas will be totaled. Any irregular-shaped sign area shall be
computed using the actual sign face surface.
SIGN CONTRACTOR
Any person, partnership or corporation engaged, in whole
or in part, in the erection or maintenance of signs, excluding the
business which the sign advertises.
SIGN STRUCTURE
Any device or material which supports, has supported or is
capable of supporting a sign in a stationary position, including decorative
covers.
TEMPORARY DIRECTIONAL SIGNS
Directional sign located within the public right-of-way for
identifying or showing alternative access location of businesses directly
impacted by construction.
VISION CLEARANCE TRIANGLE
The area formed by measuring along the property line on corner
lots for a distance of 15 feet in each direction along each right-of-way
line and connected by a hypotenuse to form a triangle. No sign in
excess of 30 inches in height shall be allowed in the vision clearance
triangle.
WARNING SIGN
A sign, containing no advertising material, warning the public
of the existence of danger.
YARD SIGN
A sign containing opinion or advertising messages.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR or AUTHORIZED AGENT
That person charged with the responsibility to see that the
signage in the community is installed and maintained in compliance
with this chapter, along with any other duties assigned to that person
by the Village of Sherwood.