Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and terms shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the following meanings indicated in this section, which definitions shall prevail over any other definitions relative to signs set forth in the Zoning Ordinance.
BANNER SIGN: Any sign printed or painted on cloth, plastic or canvas or flags or pennants and used for attracting the attention of the public.
BUILDING AND ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Shall mean and include the duly appointed Building Inspector, building Commissioner, Building Officer or any deputy thereof.
BUSINESS SIGN: A sign which directs attention to a business or profession or service sold or offered upon the premises, with the commodity or entertainment being incidental thereto.
ELECTRONIC SIGN: Any sign which uses changing lights to form a sign message or messages or visual graphics, wherein the sequence of the message or graphics and the rate of change is electronically, electrically, remotely or automatically programmed and may be modified by electronic, electric, remote or automatic processes.
ERECT: To build, construct, attach, hang, place, suspend or affix, and shall also include the initial painting of all signs.
FOR SALE: Notice or sign promoting the offering of real estate and/or personal property for sale, for example, garage sales, estates sales, and the like.
PERSON: Shall mean and include any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
PREMISES: Any property, improved or unimproved.
OPEN SPACE: Private property permanently dedicated by deed or held by a private, not-for-profit organization for landscape maintenance, restoration or for habitat maintenance, which adjoins a public road.
SIGN: Any device or advertising symbol including, but not limited to, exterior clock, temperature indicator, marquee, canopy, awning, placard, or other representation, which may or may not contain words, letters, printing, picture, designs or combinations thereof used in the nature of advertisement, announcement or directions calculated to attract the attention of the public.
TEMPORARY SIGN: Any sign with or without structural frame, intended to be displayed for a limited duration of time as further defined in this chapter.
ZONING ORDINANCE: The Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Barrington Hills. (Ord. 20-07, 3-24-2020)