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Sign - Construction. A sign placed at a construction site identifying the project or the name of architect, engineer, contractor, financier or other involved parties. Sign - Directional. A sign erected on public or private property which bears the address and /or name of a business, institution, church or other use of activity plus directional arrows or information on location. Sign - Directory. An exterior informational wall sign which identifies the names of businesses served by a Common Public Entrance in a shopping center. * Sign - Holiday Signs. A holiday sign shall be defined as decorations and /or messages which recognize an official national, state or local holiday. Sign - Illuminated. Any sign which is lighted by an artificial light source either directed upon it or illuminated from an interior source. * Sign - Informational. Any sign giving information to employees, visitors or delivery vehicles, but containing no advertising or identification. Gas price signs may be considered an informational sign above the size limitations imposed within the respective zoning district. Sign - Institutional. A sign which identifies the name and other characteristics of a public or semi - public institution on the site where the sign is located. Sign - Integral. A sign carrying the name of a building, its date of erection, monumental citations, commemorative tablets and the like when carved into stone, concrete or similar material or made of bronze, aluminum or other permanent type of construction and made an integral part of the structure. Sign - Maximum Height Of. The vertical distance measured from the grade to the top of such a sign. Sign - Minimum Height Of. The vertical distance measured from the nearest finished grade to the lower limit of such sign. Sign - Motion. Any sign which revolves, rotates, has any moving parts or gives the illusion of motion. * Amended by Ordinance No. 233, July 25, 1985 18 Page 45