As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this section, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context in which the term is used. Terms not defined herein shall be interpreted using the meaning they have in common usage and to give this chapter its most reasonable application.
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"Abandoned sign"
means any sign that advertises a business, lessor, owner, product, service or activity that has not been located on the premises where the sign is displayed for 60 days or more or a sign cabinet where the face has been broken or missing for 30 days or more.
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"Awning"
means a fabric-covered structure mounted on the face of a building above a window, entrance or storefront opening, providing weather protection.
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"Billboard"
means an off-premise, freestanding sign or visual communication device that has a sign area of at least 150 square feet in message area per face. Freeway interchange signs are not included in this definition.
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"Billboard receiving areas"
are those areas of the City along South 180th Street zoned as Commercial/Light Industrial; those properties south of South 180th Street along West Valley Highway zoned as Commercial/Light Industrial; all properties located along Boeing Access Road; those properties along East Marginal Way, north of Boeing Access Road; and all properties located along Airport Way, north of Boeing Access Road, for which permits for new billboards may be issued if the criteria of this title are satisfied. Attachments A and B, codified in Title 19 as Figures 19-1 and 19-2, are hereby amended. These maps show the billboard receiving areas listed with this definition and are for illustrative purposes only.
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"Billboard sending areas"
are those areas of the City that are not designated as billboard receiving areas from which billboards existing as of the time of the enactment of these regulations, must be removed before a permit for a new billboard may be issued by the City.
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"Canopy"
means a rigid structure projecting from the face of a building above a window, entrance or storefront opening, providing weather protection.
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"Digital billboard"
means an off-premise sign using digital technology that produces static images which are changed remotely. Digital billboards may not scroll, flash or feature motion pictures. A digital billboard may be internally or externally illuminated. Digital billboards shall contain static messages only and shall not meet the definition of a dynamic sign except that the static image may change every ten seconds. Each static message shall not include flashing, scintillating lighting or the varying of light color or intensity.
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"Dynamic sign"
is any sign or part of a sign that appears to move or change due to any method other than physically removing and replacing the sign or its components, whether the apparent movement or change is in the display, the sign structure itself, or in any other component of the sign. This includes a display that incorporates a technology or method allowing the sign face to change the image without having to physically or mechanically replace the sign face or its components, including a display that includes any rotating panels, LED lights manipulated through digital input, “digital ink” or displays in which the display or sign appears to move more frequently than once every 24 hours.
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"Exposed building face"
means that portion of the building exterior wall fronting a tenant space as seen in elevation together with one-half the vertical distance between eaves and ridge of a pitched roof above it, used for sign area calculation purposes.
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"Freeway interchange sign"
means a freestanding sign at least 100 feet in height, for a business located within a radius of 1,000 feet from a freeway entry/exit point or industrial zone, but not separated by a physical barrier from the entry/exit intersection. The freeway interchange sign is primarily oriented to the passing motorists on the adjacent freeway.
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"Fuel canopy"
is a structure designed to provide weather protection to motorists in order for them to fill vehicles with gasoline, diesel, compressed natural gas, propane, electricity or other similar compounds that allow for the powering of vehicles. The following components must be in place beneath the structure in order for this definition to apply to a structure: 1) There must be at least two fuel dispensing devices; and 2) Customers must have the ability to pay electronically.
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"Institutional use"
means any non-residential use located within a residential zone that provides services to the surrounding neighborhood or residential community. Common institutional uses include, but are not limited to, fire stations, public or private schools, religious institutions, public parks, libraries and other similar type uses.
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"LEED"
means the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or successor program, as administered by the United States Green Building Council or successor agency.
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"Monument sign"
means a sign supported by at least two posts or columns or with a base that extends at least 75 percent of the sign panel length. Monument signs may also consist of painted text or channel letters mounted on a freestanding seating wall or retaining wall where the total height of the structure meets the limitations of this code.
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"Mural."
An expression of public art painted directly on the exterior of a building or on a backing that is affixed to the building and that has the consent of the property owner. Text or logos related to the businesses located at the site are not considered to be part of a mural and are subject to the regulations set forth in this code.
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"Portable sign"
means a sign not permanently affixed to a structure and is designed for or capable of being relocated, except those signs explicitly designed for people to carry on their persons or those permanently affixed to motor vehicles operating in their normal course of business.
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"Premises"
means one or more contiguous lots of record not separated by right-of-way and owned or managed by the same individual or entity.
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"Sign"
means materials placed or constructed, or light projected, that (a) convey a message or image and (b) are used to inform or attract the attention of the public, but not including any lawful display of merchandise. Some examples of “signs” are materials or lights meeting the definition of the preceding sentence and which are commonly referred to as signs, placards, A-boards, posters, murals, diagrams, banners, flags, or projected slides, images or holograms. The scope of the term “sign” does not depend on the content of the message or image conveyed.
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"Sign area"
means the entire area within a continuous perimeter, composed of straight lines or arcs, enclosing all elements of the sign copy, including text, logo and designs, together with any frame or other material or color forming an integral part of the display or used to differentiate the sign from the background against which it is placed. The area of a three-dimensional sign shall be the surface area of a geometric figure such as sphere, rectangle or cylinder that completely contains the sign element.
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"Window sign, temporary"
is a sign applied directly to a window or mounted or suspended directly behind a window and is designed, constructed, and intended for display on real property for not more than 30 days per calendar quarter for any particular sign.
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"Wireless communications facility"
means any tower, antennas, ancillary structure or facility, or related equipment or component thereof, used for the transmission of radio frequency signals through electromagnetic energy for the purpose of providing phone, internet, video, information services, specialized mobile radio, paging, wireless digital data transmission, broadband, unlicensed spectrum service utilizing part 15 devices and other similar services that currently exist or that may in the future be developed.
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