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11. E. Sign: The term "Sign" shall mean a name, identification, description, display, illustration structure or device which is affixed to, or painted on, or represented directly or indirectly upon a building or other outdoor surface or piece of land, and which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business. • • 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 IVVI General Regulations. 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: 4, Illuminated Sign: A sign which has artificial light source directed upon it or which has an interior light source. See Section IVVI General Regulations. • Motion Sign: A sign which revolves, rotates or moves. • S'gn Area: The entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing 4 Of -leve 1 of sign surface. • Fl h' g S'gn: 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 IVVI General Regulations. 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. • Area Identification Sign: A free standing sign or pylon which identifies the complex, or a commercial or industrial complex consisting of three or more businesses. Ordinance 04-08, Sign Ordinance page 6 of 29