17.08.560 Sign.  
   "Sign" means any advertisement, announcement, erection or communication produced in whole or in part by the construction, erection, affixing or placing of a structure on any land or on any other structure or produced by painting on or posting or placing any printed, lettered, pictured, figures or colored material on any building, structure, or surface. Signs placed or erected by public agencies for the purpose of showing street names or traffic directions or regulations or for other governmental purposes shall not be included herein nor shall this definition include signs which are part of the architectural design of the building.
(Ord. 81-11 Art. II (part), 1980).