For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
SIGN. Any device or structure maintained or used in the nature of an advertisement or announcement of direction, and which is attached flat against the exterior walls of a building or which projects in, on or over a sidewalk, street or public property of the city. Signs or banners erected for a limited period of time for special occasions and under the specific authority of the City Manager, and any signs painted directly upon the hanging border of any awning or metal canopy constructed and maintained in the manner provided by this subchapter shall not be considered to be within the definition or regulations of this subchapter.
(2009 Code, § 98.10)