As used in this chapter:
(a) "Billboard" means a sign bearing a commercial or noncommercial message directing attention to a specific business, product, service, entertainment or any other activity sold, offered or conducted elsewhere than upon, or otherwise unrelated to, the same lot on which the sign is located. For purposes of this chapter, a noncommercial message means any otherwise lawful message that does not direct attention to a business operated for profit, or to a commodity or service for sale.
(b) "Billboard color sample" means a sample indicating the color and finish to be employed on the supporting structure of any billboard which shall be on file and available for inspection at the office of the Building Commissioner.
(c) "Modify" or "modification" means the addition of lights or other illumination to the billboard structure if the structure did not previously have lighting or illumination; the replacement of parts of the billboard structure with materials or parts other than the type originally used; the reduction or enlargement of the billboard structure; changing the location of the billboard structure on the property where it is placed; or any repair or repairs which exceed fifty percent of the billboard's replacement value.
(Ord. 8496-1998. Passed 1-5-99.)