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freestanding signboards, regardless of whether such signs are attached to the ground or to a building or
<br />structure.
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<br />Projecting sign means a sign that is attached to the wall of a building and projects more than 15 inches
<br />beyond such wall.
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<br />Real estate sign means a sign advertising only the sale, rental or lease of the premises upon which the
<br />sign is located.
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<br />Sign means any letter, word, or symbol, poster, picture, statuary, reading matter or representation
<br />in the nature of an advertisement, announcement, message, or visual communication, whether
<br />painted, posted, printed, affixed, or constructed including all associated brackets, braces,
<br />supports, wires and structures, which is displayed for information or communicative purposes.
<br />display of lettering, logos, colors, lights, or illuminated neon tubes visible to the public from outside of a
<br />building or from a traveled way, that either conveys a message to the public, or intends to advertise,
<br />direct, invite, announce or draw attention to any event, goods, products, services, facilities, persons,
<br />property interest or business. A sign does not include wall or building art.
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<br />Street frontage means the distance for which a lot boundary adjoins a single public street.
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<br />Temporary sign means a sign that is not constructed or intended for long term use. any sign that is
<br />not a permanent sign.
<br />Village Area means all properties within the Village Area Metropolitan Urban Service Area
<br />(MUSA) boundary.
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<br />Wall sign means a sign that is attached to a wall of a building and is affixed parallel to the wall at a
<br />distance of not more than 15 inches from the surface of the wall with no copy on the sides or edges.
<br />This definition includes painted, individual letter, cabinet signs, and signs on a mansard.
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<br />Window sign means any sign located completely within an enclosed building and visible from a public
<br />way or placed upon a window. Merchandise within the premises and visible from the exterior shall not
<br />be considered a window sign under this definition; however, any signs that are placed on the backs of
<br />shelving units or similar structures, or interior walls where the sign is located less than seven feet
<br />from the window’s surface shall be considered a window sign.
<br />c) Applicability. The sign ordinance codified in this section shall apply to any sign placed, erected, altered,
<br />maintained, or relocated within the city that is plainly visible, although not necessarily legible, from any
<br />vehicular or pedestrian public right-of-way or any lot in ownership separate from the lot upon which the
<br />sign is located. This section shall not regulate government signs; the copy or message displayed on
<br />signs; signs not intended to be viewed from a public right-of-way; interior window displays; product
<br />dispensers; non-dynamic displays on scoreboards on athletic fields, flags, gravestones, barber poles;
<br />religious symbols; commemorative plaques; the display of street numbers; or any display not
<br />defined herein as a sign. The purpose of this provision is to prevent any inadvertent favoring of
<br />commercial speech over non-commercial speech, or favoring of any particular non-commercial
<br />message over any other non-commercial message. This provision prevails over any more specific
<br />provision to the contrary.
<br />d) Sign permits and fees.
<br />1. Permit required. Except as provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to place,
<br />erect, alter or relocate within the city, any sign without first obtaining a permit from the planning
<br />community development department and making payment of all permit fees as required by the
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