(a) "Billboard" means any permanent sign advertising an establishment, merchandise, event, service, or entertainment that is not sold, produced, manufactured or furnished at the property on which the sign is located.
(b) "Sign" means a structure or part thereof, or any device attached to a structure or painted or represented directly or indirectly on a structure, which shall display or include any letter, logo, insignia, picture, banner, pennant, device or representation used as, or which is in the nature of, an announcement, direction or advertisement.
(1) "Construction sign" means any temporary sign relating to the construction of a project during the time of its construction. Such signs typically include the name of an architect, engineer and/or contractor for a building.
(2) "Development Sign" means a permanent sign near the entrance of a residential development and intended to identify such development.
(3) "Free-standing Sign" means any permanent sign supported from the ground and not attached to any building and the size of which shall be determined by measuring the area of one side of the sign.
(4) "Permanent sign" means a sign that is intended to be erected or constructed for a period of longer than one (1) year.
(5) "Temporary sign" means a sign that is of a non-permanent nature, constructed of cloth, paper, wood, fabric, or other temporary material, with or without a structural frame, intended or designed for a limited period of display.
(6) "Wall sign" means a permanent sign affixed or attached to the exterior wall of a building and projecting not more than twelve (12) inches from the face of the wall.
(c) "Sign Area" is determined by measuring the total area of the sign, including the background, using not more than three (3) geometric shapes and including all borders and frames. For a sign comprised of individual letters, figures or elements on a wall or similar surface of the building or structure, the area and dimensions of the sign shall encompass a regular geometric shape (rectangle, circle, or triangle), or a combination of three (3) regular geometric shapes, which form, or approximate, the perimeter of all elements in the display.
(Ord. 2011-13. Passed 7-9-12.)