1151.02 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Chapter; "Sign", either singular or plural, means any display, figure, painting, drawing, placard, poster or other device visible from a public way which is designed, intended or used to convey a message, advertise, inform or direct attention to a building, person, institution, organization, activity, place, object or product. It may be a structure or part thereof painted on or attached directly or indirectly on a structure.
Signs are herein classified and defined according to the following:
(a) "Bulletin board" means an announcement Sign.
(b) "Canopy Sign" means a Sign attached to the soffit or fascia of a canopy, covered entrance or walkway, or to a permanent or marquee and not projecting beyond the edges of the same.
(c) "Changeable Copy Sign, Manual" means a Sign designed to display multiple or changing messages whether by manual or mechanical 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 mechanical devices.
(d) "Changeable Copy Sign, Electronic" means a Sign designed to display multiple or changing messages by electronic means. Such Signs are characterized by digital means allowing the letters, characters, or graphics to be modified from time to time by electronic devices. Electronically changed Signs may include either electronic message boards or digital displays.
(e) "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.
(f) "Monument Sign" means a Sign erected on a free-standing wall or monument not attached to a building with a solid continuous foundation.
(g) "Nameplate" means a Sign indicating the name, address or profession of the person or persons occupying a building, or unit of a building.
(h) "Pole Sign" means a Sign which is supported by or suspended from a Monument column or columns and designed so as to permit pedestrian or vehicular movement thereunder. (Pole Signs are not permitted in any zoning district in the City of Independence.)
(i) "Projecting Sign" means a Sign erected on or attached to the outside wall of a building and which projects out at an angle therefrom.
(j) "Roof Sign" means any Sign that is erected, secured or affixed on or above the roofline of any building or structure.
(k) "Sandwich Board" or "A-Frame Sign" means a type of Sign composed of two boards with one board in front and one behind, creating a "sandwich" effect; or set up in a triangle shape, hinged along the top.
(I) "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.
(m) "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.
(n) "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. 2020-101. Passed 10-13-20.)