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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 />Parcel - An individual lot or tract of land. <br />Pennants -Attention getting devices which resemble flags and are of a non- <br />permanent paper, cloth or plastic-like consistency. <br />Permanent Sign -Any- sign which is not defined as a temporary. sign. <br />Political Sign - A temporary sign used in connection with any local, state or <br />national election or referendum. <br />Portable Sign -Any. sign designed to be removed and not permanently affixed to <br />the ground or a structure or a building. <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 />Public Event -Any-event that is authorized by the City, whether funded in part, <br />total or not at all by the City. <br />Roof Sign -Any sign erected upon the roof of a structure to which it is affixed. <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 />Shopping Center - A commercial development consisting of three (3) or more <br />separate commercial establishments sharing a common building, entranceway or parking area. <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 />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 single facing. <br />Street Frontage -The proximity of a parcel of land to one (1) or more streets. <br />An interior lot has one (1) street frontage and a corner lot has two (2) such frontages. <br />-316- <br />