2001 Planning Commission Packets

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NONCONFORlV�NG SIGN, Any sign that does not comply with the requirements of this ordinance is considered nonconfornvng. A sign which was erected legally but does not corz�ply with subsequentiy enacted sign resirictions or regulations is considered legal nonconforming. [New] P�RTABLE �IGN: Any sign not permanentiy attached to the ground or other permaneni siructure, or a sign designed ta be transported, including, but not Iimi�ed to, signs on wheels, signs converted to "A" or "T" frames, �nenu and sandwich boards, inflatable devises, advertising umbrellas, and signs attached to or painied on vehicles parked and visible from the public right of way, unless said vehicle is used in the normal day-to-day operations of the business. [Burnsville, APA] PRO3ECTING STGN: A sign other than. a wall sign which is perpendicuiar to and projects more than eighteen (18) inches from a building face or wall or fram a strucfure whose primary purpose is other than the support of the sign. [USSCF] PYLON SIGN: A freestanding sign supported by or erected upon one or more narrow columns, shafts or pales. Also referred to as a poie sign. [New] REAL ESTATE ,�IGN: A sign advertising the sale, lease or rental of the property or pre�nises upon vvhich the sign is Iocated. [USSCF] ROOF SIGN: A sign erected, constructed or attached wholly or in part upon any roof or over the highesi roofline of a building. [Burnsville, APA] SECURITY SIGN: A sma11 sign identifying the presence of a security system. [Burnsville] SIGN: A sign, the primary function of which is to direct attention to a product, service or activity that is sold or offered either elsewhere or upon the premises where such sign is located or to which it is affixed. [No Change] SIGN AREA: That area of a sign within the marginal lines of the surface, which bears the announcement, name, advertisement or other message or, in the case of letters, figures or symbols attached directly to any part af a building, the area which is included in the smallest rectangle which can be made to circumscribe all letters, figures or symbols displayed thereon. [No Change] SIGN C�PY: The letters, numbers, figures, symbols, logos, and graphical elements comprising the content or message ofthe sign. [I.TSSCF] X ' TEMPORAIt.Y SIGN: Any sign displaying a commercial or non-commercial message erected or maintained for a specific period of time and not of a permanent nature, [Bu'rnsville] WALL �IGN: [� sign attached to or erected against the exterior watl of a building or structure with the e�osed face of the sign in a plane approximately parallei to ihe face of said wall, not to project more than t�vvelve inches (12"} from the surface to which it is attached. [Changed] WINDOW �IGN: A sign affixed to the intezior or ea�terior of a window or inside the building withzn three feet of the window with its message intended to be visible to and readable from the public. [USSCF]