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F. Advertising Sign: An "Advertising Sign" is a sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment not exclusively related to the premises where such a sign is located or to which it is affixed. See Section IV General Regulations. G Business Sign: A "Business Sign" is any sign which identifies a business or group of businesses, either retail or wholesale, or any sign which identifies a profession or is used in the identification or promotion of any principal commodity or service, including entertainment, offered or sold upon the premises where such sign is located. H. Related Definitions: 1. Illuminated Sign: A sign which has artificial light source directed upon it or which has an interior light source. See Section IV General Regulations. 2. Motion Sign: A sign which revolves, rotates or moves. 3. Sign Area: The entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of the actual sign surface, but excluding any structural or supporting elements such as uprights, aprons, poles, beams or standards. 4. Sign Height: Height shall be measured from grade to the uppermost points or level of sign surface. 5. Flashing Sign: An illuminated sign on which such illumination is not kept constant in intensity or color at all times, when such sign is in use. See Section IV General Regulations. 6. Direction Signs: A sign erected on private property for the following uses: Church, school, hospital, club, library, civic or other similar types, providing general information about the use or uses such as name and address. 7. Area Identification Sign: A free standing sign or pylon which identifies the name of neighborhood, a residential subdivision, a multiple residential complex, or a commercial or industrial complex consisting of three or more businesses. 8. Wall Advertising Sign: An advertising sign attached to or erected against the wall of a building or structure with the exposed face to the sign 2