For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GROUND SIGNBOARD. Any signboard erected, constructed or maintained for the purpose of displaying outdoor advertising by means of posters, pictures, pictorial or reading matter, when such sign is supported by uprights or braces placed upon the ground and not attached to any part of a building.
ILLUMINATED SIGN, COMMERCIAL. Any letter work, model, sign, device or representation used in the nature of advertisement, announcement or direction, illuminated by electricity and extending over the sidewalk beyond the building line and a commercial illuminated sign shall be divided for the purpose of this chapter into two classes, “projecting commercial signs”, which are those affixed at right angles to the building wall and which extend over the sidewalk, and “flat commercial signs”, which are those attached in a rigid manner, and lying parallel to the building wall.
ROOF SIGNBOARD. Any sign erected, constructed or maintained upon the roof of any building.
WALL BULLETIN. Any painted sign, or poster on any surface or plane that may be affixed to the front, rear or side wall of any building.
(2005 Code, § 66-1)