(a) Sign Districts. Special Information Districts: Areas with high use by the general public (as indicated by traffic flow, density of development, and economic activity) and/or with recognized broad public significance (based on history, type of activity, or environmental character), which are particularly sensitive to the effects of private signs and lights (for reasons of safety, history, aesthetics or orientation.)
(b) General Information Districts. All other parts of the Municipality.
(c) Sign (Also see Definition Section 1135.02). Any letter, pictorial representation, symbol, flag, emblem, displayed in any manner whatsoever, which directs attention of persons to any object, subject, place, person, activity, product, service, institution, organization or business, with the exception of and excluding any animated device for aesthetic purposes.
(d) Surface Area (of a sign.) (Also see Definition Section 1135.02) The surface area of a sign is the copy area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of lettering, representations, emblems, or other figures, together with any material or color forming an integral part of the display or used to differentiate the sign from the background against which it is placed. Structural members bearing no sign copy shall not be included.
(Ord. 11-07. Passed 7-18-07.)