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Draft Sign Code Revision <br />Febzuary 21, 2Q01 <br />HOME OCCUPATION SIGN: A sign erecied upon a residential property to advertise a home based - <br />business or occupation talcing place at that location. [New] `�' <br />IDENTIFICATION SIGN: A sign, the primary function of which is to identi�y a residential, <br />commercial, industrzal or pubiic or semi-public use located upoi� the premises wlaere such sign is <br />located or to wlvch such sign is a�ed. Signs identifying commercial uses may call attention to the <br />product, service or activity that is sold or offered upon the premises. Signs identifying industrial uses <br />may cail atiention to the product, goods or material which is produced, processed, assembled or <br />stored upon the premises. [No Change] <br />INFLATABLE SIGN: A portable device inflated with air or heiium used to draw attention to an <br />activity or business upoz� which the device is attached. Such contrivance may or may not display <br />advertising copy. For the purposes of this �ection, inflatable devices shall be considered a temporary <br />SF�il. <br />ILL,EGAL SIGN: A sign erected without a permit or in violation of this ordinance. Such signs shall <br />he subject to removal upon written notice by the City. [New] <br />INCIDEIVTAL SIGN: A sign, generally infonmational, that has a purpose secandary to ihe uses on <br />the property on which it is located. Such signs might include, but are not Iimited to, "No Parking," <br />"Entrance," "E�t," "ATM," or "Payphone." No sign with a commercial message legible of� the <br />premises shail be considered incidental, [APA] <br />MONiJMENT SIGN: A freestanding sign attached to the ground by means of a freestanding support �i <br />stnzcture, soiid from grade to the top of the sign structure, typically eneased or supported by masonry <br />materials. [New] <br />NCJTSANGE STGN: A sign in a state of disrepair, deterioration or damage whereupon one fourth <br />(I/4) or more of the sign surface is no Ionger clearly legible or recognizabie at a distance of foriy <br />(40') feet. [New] <br />NONCONFORMII�TG SIGN: Any sign that does not comply with the requirements of this ordinance <br />is considered nonconforming. A sign which was erected Iega,lly but does not comply with <br />subsequentiy enacted sign restrictions or regulations is considered iegal nonconforming. [New] <br />POLE SIGN: A freestanding sign supported by or erected upon one or more narrow columns, shafts <br />or poles, Also referred to as a Pylon sign. [New] <br />PORTABLE SIGN: Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or other pennanent structure, <br />or a sign designed to be transported, including, but noi limited to, signs on wheeis, signs converted to <br />"A" or "T" frames, menu and sandwich boards, inflatable devises, advertising umbreilas, and signs <br />attached to or pa.irited on vehicles parked arid visible from the public right of way, unless said vehicle <br />zs used in the rzormal day-to-day operations of the business. [Burnsvilte, APA] <br />PROJECTING SICrN: A sign other than a wall sign which is perpendzcular to ar�d projects znore than <br />eighteen (1S) inches from a building face or wall or from a structure whose primary purpose is other <br />than �he support of the sign. �TJSSCF] - <br />Page 4 <br />