For the purpose of this chapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BILLBOARD.
A sign which constitutes a primary use of land (not an accessory use) and which directs attention to a business, product, activity or service which is not conducted, sold, offered, or located on the premises where the sign is located, or a sign whose message space is available for lease, rent or hire, separate and apart from any business product, activity or service, which is not conducted, sold, offered, or located on the premises where the sign is located.
CHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN (CEVMS).
A sign which permits light to be turned on or off intermittently or which is operated in a way whereby light is turned on or off intermittently, including any illuminated sign on which such illumination is not kept stationary or constant in intensity and color at all times when such sign is in use, including an LED (light emitting diode) or digital sign, and which varies in intensity or color. A CEVMS sign does not include a sign located within the right-of-way that functions as a traffic control device and that is described and identified in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) approved by the Federal Highway Administrator as the National Standard.
SIGN CODE APPLICATION AREA.
The corporate limits of the city and the area of its extraterritorial jurisdiction as defined by Tex. Local Government Code § 42.021.
(Ord. 950, passed 12-13-05; Am. Ord. 978, passed 4-15-08)