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<br />Non-conforming Sign (Illegal) - A sign which unlawfully existed prior to the <br />adoption of this Ordinance. <br /> <br />Non-conforming Sign (Legal) - A sign which laWfully existed prior to the <br />adoption of this Section, but does not conform to the newly enacted requirements of this <br />Ordinance. <br /> <br />Parcel- An individual lot or tract of land. <br /> <br />Pennants - Attention getting devices which resemble flags and are of a non- <br />permanent paper, cloth or plastic-like consistency. <br /> <br />Perman"ent Sign - Any sign which is not defined as a temporary sign. <br /> <br />Political Sign - A temporary sign used in connection with any local, state or <br />national election or referendum. <br /> <br />Portable Sign - Any sign designed to be removed arid not permanently affixed to <br />the ground or a structure or a building. <br /> <br />Projecting Sign - Any sign, all or any part of which extends beyond the surface <br />of the building or wall by more than sixteen (16) inches." <br /> <br />Public Event - Any event that is authorized by the City, whether funded in part, <br />total or not at all by the City. <br /> <br />Roof Sign - Any sign erected upon the roof of a structure to which it is affixed. <br /> <br />Roofline - The top line of the coping; or, when the building has a pitched roof, as <br />the intersection of the outside wall with the roof. <br /> <br />Shopping Center - A commercial development consisting of three (3) or more <br />separate commercial establishments sharing a common building, entranceway or parking area. <br /> <br />Sign - Any letter, word or symbol, device, poster, picture, statuary, reading <br />matter, or representation in the nature of an advertisement, announcement, message or visual <br />communication, whether painted, posted, printed, affixed or constructed, which is displayed <br />outdoors for informational or communicative purposes. <br /> <br />Sign Area - That area within the marginal lines of the surface which bears the <br />advertisement, or in the case of messages, figures or symbols attached directly to any part of a <br />building, that area which is included in the smallest geometric shape which can be made to <br />circumscribe the message, figure or symbol displayed thereon. The stipulated maximum sign" <br />area for a free standing or ground sign refers to a smgle facing. <br /> <br />16 <br />