For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a separate meaning.
BILLBOARD. A single or multi-faced outdoor advertising structure which is erected, maintained and used for the display of information or pictures unrelated to a business or other type of establishment which is located on the same premises as the sign. Such term shall not include signs erected or maintained on roofs, or signs attached to or painted upon the walls of buildings, which are separately regulated by the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Maywood. The term BILLBOARD shall also not be held to include any sign displaying official notices issued by any court or public office.
ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD. A billboard whose message or messages are on triangular louvered facings and are changed by electronic rotation of the louvers (also known as Tri-Vision signs or multiple message signs); or whose message(s) may be changed, without moving parts, by electronic process through the use of moving or intermittent light or lights (also known as variable message signs).
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. Any highway designated by the Illinois Department of Transportation and approved by the United States
Department of Transportation as part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
(Ord. CO-2010-006, passed 4-15-2010)