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� <br />4 - 1 <br />�� <br />;; <br />� <br />� <br />answer relates to the aesthetics af the pubiic streetscape, establishing a safe and attractive <br />environment. Under this rationale we can regulate height, setback, size, lighting, <br />materials, and in some instances, color and design. But content? There is a siippery <br />ConstitutionaF argument involved here that communities should think through carefuliy. <br />Pa�er har� in . <br />Be sure to look inside windows, not just autside for signs. Anything that is clearly seen <br />from the public spaces is fair ganne for regulation. Some communities have found a <br />proliferation of paper signs advertisircg liquor specials or car sales to be particularly <br />obnoxious and have gone after them, simply by stating that if it's vzsible it's a sign, arid <br />setting iimits on the size and coverage of such signs. <br />F`rattcriise architecture. <br />How do you define signage? At what point daes a franchgse coior scheme, or logo <br />incorporated into an awning or roof system, become a sign? If you are careful and <br />consistent in how you deiine a sign you can successfully Iimit the efforts of franchise <br />businesses to use every element of their building and site to attract attention. Some <br />specific examples include: the name and color scheme on the edge of gas station pump <br />canopies, a single long neon stripe at the upper edge of a building, or a broad altemating <br />colored stripe in the meYal roof of a fast food restaurant. <br />'T�PE OF SI I�iS <br />We cannot cover ail signage issues in a short handout. The following is an incomplete list of <br />types of signage. How many does your community's ordinance address? <br />Abandoned signs <br />�iddress signs <br />Advertising signs <br />Awnings/canopies <br />Balloons <br />Banners <br />Billboards <br />Box/cabine� signs <br />Bulletin signs <br />Changeable letter boards <br />Construction signs <br />Directional signs <br />Electronic reader boards <br />Entry signs <br />Flashing signs <br />For sale signs <br />Freestanding signs <br />Govemment signs <br />Grand-opening signs <br />Ground signs <br />Ideological signs <br />Institutional signs <br />Monurnent signs <br />Moving signs <br />Nameplates <br />Neon <br />Off-premise signs <br />Pennanis <br />. <br />Political signs <br />Portable signs <br />Projecting signs <br />Pylon signs <br />Recreational signs <br />Roof top signs <br />Sandwich signs <br />Searchlights <br />Signs on a%nce, zock, tree <br />Temporary signs <br />Traffic signs <br />V-shaped si�r�s <br />Wall signs <br />Window signs <br />