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services with which the vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is related. For purposes of this definition,
<br />magnetic and adhesive signs shall be considered as being permanently affixed. This definition shall also
<br />include non-permanently affixed signs that do not exceed 32 square feet erected in concert with a
<br />legally operating wayside stand. Bumper stickers and similarly sized adhesive decals shall not be
<br />considered BUSINESS VEHICLE /DENT/FICA T/ON SIGNS.
<br />SIGN, CANOPY. A sign that is mounted, painted, or otherwise applied on or attached to a
<br />freestanding canopy or structural protective cover over an outdoor service area. An awning or a
<br />marquee is not a canopy.
<br />SIGN, CHANGEABLE COPY. A sign designed to allow the changing of copy through manual,
<br />mechanical, or electrical means including time and temperature.
<br />SIGN, DIRECTIONAL. An on-site sign for the purpose of making specific locations known and to
<br />assist in finding these locations (e.g. "Parking," "Shipping Receiving Area").
<br />SIGN, ELECTRONIC VARIABLE MESSAGE. A dynamic signs whose message are changed at
<br />reasonable intervals by electronic process or remote control and whose movement is the periodic
<br />changing of information against a solid background, engineered for maximum legibility and readability,
<br />and having a constant light level and glare reduced screens. This definition does not include static
<br />time, temperature and price displays which only change when necessary for accuracy.
<br />SIGN, FLAG. Any fabric or similar lightweight material attached at one end of the material, usually
<br />to a staff or pole, so as to allow movement of the material by atmospheric changes and which contains
<br />distinctive colors, patterns, symbols, emblems, insignia, or other symbolic devices.
<br />SIGN, FREESTANDING. A sign that is attached to, erected on, or supported by some structure (such
<br />as a pole, mast, frame, or other structure) that is not itself an integral part of or attached to a building
<br />or other structure whose principal function is something other than the support of a sign. Monument,
<br />pole, and ground signs are all FREESTANDING SIGNS.
<br />SIGN, GOVERNMENTAL. A sign erected and maintained by or on behalf of the United States, the
<br />state, the county, or the city for the purpose of regulating traffic or for other civic purposes; the size,
<br />location, and height of which is dictated by the applicable agency to fulfill the intended civic purpose.
<br />SIGN, GROUND. Any freestanding sign with its sign face mounted on the ground or mounted on a
<br />base at least as wide as the sign and which has a total height not exceeding 6 feet.
<br />SIGN, HISTORIC. An existing sign which has a special historical, architectural, cultural, or aesthetic
<br />value to the community.
<br />SIGN, ILLUMINATED. Any sign which contains an element designed to emanate artificial light
<br />directly or indirectly.
<br />SIGN ILLUMINATION, BACK LIT. A direct source of light which illuminates a sign by shining through
<br />a translucent surface of a sign, including plastic signs, lit from an internal light source.
<br />SIGN ILLUMINATION, DIRECT. A sign whose light source is either located in the interior of the sign
<br />so that the rays go through the face of the sign, or which is attached to the face of the sign and is
<br />perceived as a design element of the sign.
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