Ordinance - #25-07 - 05/13/2025 - Laserfiche WebLink

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1 2 Sign means any letter, word or symbol, device, poster, picture, statuary, reading matter, or rep- 3 resentation in the nature of an advertisement, announcement, message or visual communica- 4 tion, whether painted, posted, printed, affixed or constructed, which is displayed to direct the at- 5 tention of the public for informative or communicative purposes. Such communication located 6 completely within an enclosed building and not exposed to view from a street shall not be con- 7 sidered a sign. Murals shall also not be considered signs. 8 Sign area means that area within the marginal lines of the surface which bears the advertise- 9 ment, or in the case of messages, figures or symbols attached directly to any part of a building, 10 that area which is included in the smallest geometric shape which can be made to circumscribe 11 the message, figure or symbol displayed thereon. The stipulated maximum sign area for a free 12 standing or ground sign refers to a single facing. 13 Sign, maximum height of, means the vertical distance measured from the grade to the top of 14 such a sign. 15 Sign, minimum height of, means the vertical distance measured from the nearest finished grade 16 to the lower limit of such sign. 17 Street frontage means the proximity of a parcel of land to one or more streets. 18 Temporary sign means a sign which is erected or displayed for a limited period of time. 19 Wall sign means any sign which is affixed to or erected against a wall of any building, including 20 signs with individual letters, box cabinets, channelized components, service bay identification 21 signs, and signs on mansards. 22 Window sign means a sign installed inside a window, or any sign placed within a building for the 23 purpose of being visible from the public right-of-way. This does not include merchandise on dis- 24 play. Attachment A – Ordinance #25-07 Page 11 of 30