1141.03 DEFINITIONS.

   (a)   Sign: "Sign" means a structure or part thereof, or any device attached to land, buildings or any object of any nature, which is displayed for purposes of advertisement, announcement, declaration, demonstration, identification, or expression or to direct attention to a person, institution, organization, activity, place, object, product or business.

   (b)   Signs are herein classified and defined according to the following:

      (1)   "Changeable Copy Sign" means a Sign designed to display multiple or changing messages whether by manual, mechanical or electronic means. Such Signs are characterized by changeable letters, symbols or numerals that are not permanently affixed to the structure, framing, or background allowing the letters, characters, or graphics to be modified from time to time manually or by electronic or mechanical devices. Electronically changed Signs may include either electronic message boards or digital displays.

      (2)   "Directional Sign" means a Sign indicating a direction or a location to which traffic, whether pedestrian or vehicular, is requested to move within the parcel for the purpose of traffic control and public safety.

      (3)   "Marquee Sign"  means a Sign attached to the underside, topside or face of a marquee roof over a walk or permanent awning.

      (4)   "Monument Sign"  means a Sign erected on a free-standing wall or monument not attached to a building with a solid continuous foundation. 

      (5)   "Pole Sign" means a Sign with not more than two faces which is supported wholly by a pole or poles and designed so as to permit pedestrian or vehicular traffic thereunder.

      (6)   "Projecting Sign"  means a Sign erected on or attached to the outside wall of a building and which projects out at an angle therefrom.

      (7)   "Temporary Sign"  means a Sign constructed of cloth, paper, wood, fabric, or other temporary material, with or without a structural frame, and intended or designed for a limited period of display.

      (8)   "Wall Sign"  means a Sign erected on, attached to, painted on the surface of, or integral with the wall of any building, located in a plane parallel to the plane of the wall, and supported by the building.

      (9)   "Wayfinding Sign"  means a Sign used to direct motorists or pedestrians to a specific location or uses.

      (10)   "Window Sign"  means a Sign painted on, attached or affixed to the interior or exterior surface of windows or doors of a building or otherwise intended to be seen through a window or door.

         (Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)