"Sign" 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.
(a) Classification by Use Types.
(1) "Permanent Sign" means a sign designed for use for an indefinite period of time and shall include the following:
A. "Directional Sign" means a sign indicating only the direction of pedestrian and vehicular circulation routes on the lot on which the sign is located, such sign shall not include any company name, logo or any non- directional information.
B. "Identification Sign" means a sign indicating the name and address of a building, development, facility, business, office, industrial or institutional establishment. Such signs shall only include company or institution name, logo and address, except that signs authorized to include changeable copy may provide further information relating to the facility or establishment, or to the activities of the establishment conducted on the same lot;
C. "Nameplate" means a sign indicating the name, address and profession of the person or persons occupying a building or unit of a building. No logo or advertising shall be permitted.
(2) "Temporary Sign" means a sign designed for use for a limited period of time and not permanently attached to announce special and political events or candidates or sales and the sale, lease, or rental of property. The expiration date of a temporary sign approved by the Zoning Inspector or Planning Director shall not exceed thirty (30) calendar days, unless otherwise stated in this code. A temporary sign shall include the following types of signs:
A. "Project sign" means a sign which directs attention to the promotion, development and construction of the property on which it is located and which identifies the owner, architects, engineers, contractors and other individuals or firms involved with the construction of the project.
B. "Real Estate Sign" means a sign advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises or part of the premises on which the sign is displayed.
C. Temporary signs not exceeding eight (8) square feet advertising a charitable or municipal function.
D. "Temporary signs - other" including, but not limited to political signs.
(b) Classification by Structural Types (See illustration - Signs: Structural Types):
(1) Building signs shall include the following:
A. "Marquee or mansard sign" means any hood or permanent construction projecting from the wall of a building above an entrance and extending over a street or sidewalk, or part thereof. Marquee or mansard signs are prohibited.
B. "Projecting sign" means a sign attached to an outside building wall and which projects at a 90º angle there from.
C. "Wall or panel sign" means a sign integral with the face of an exterior building wall or attached to and parallel with the wall.
D. "Window sign" means any sign attached to a clear see through window surface.
E. "Memorial sign" means any sign used to identify and describe a place or building of historical, cultural, or archeological significance or which has been designated as a local, state or national landmark or landmark district.
F. "Post sign" means a sign attached laterally to and below the top of a lamp post, fence post or other post.
G. "Street island sign" means a small piece of land surrounded by public streets, private streets, and/or common driveways that is located near the entrance to a residential subdivision, a residential complex, a commercial or office park, an institutional complex, an industrial park or the like.
H. "Canopy Sign" means any sign displayed on a canopy or suspended from a canopy, awning or marquee and hanging over a pedestrian or vehicular traffic corridor
(2) Freestanding signs shall include the following:
A. "Planter sign," "monument sign," and "planter/monument" sign means a free-standing sign that is either 1) supported by a masonry foundation that is at least as wide as the sign, or 2) supported by other means but having the support structure concealed by a low wall, box or other structure made of masonry, stone or wood that contains evergreen vegetation and that, with the vegetation, is as wide as the sign and entirely conceals the sign's support structure;
B. "Pole sign" means a sign which is supported from below by a single structural member, regardless of material or dimension, if the sign does not conform to the definition of a monument, planter or planter/monument sign. Pole signs are prohibited in all zoning districts.
C. "Roof sign" means any sign erected, constructed and maintained wholly upon or over the roof of any building with the principal support on the roof structure. Roof signs are prohibited in all zoning districts.
(Ord. 2023-33. Passed 2-13-23.)
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