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CAMPAIGN SIGN: A temporary sign promoting the candidacy of a person running for a government office, or promoting an issue to be voted on at the next election. (Ord. 679, 5-29-01) CANOPY SIGN: A sign affixed to the visible surface of an attached or freestanding canopy structure, often backlit to provide internal illumination. For the purposes of sign area computation, canopy signs shall be treated as a wall sign. (Ord. 679, 5-29-01) CHANGEABLE COPY SIGN: A sign or portion thereof with characters, letters or illustrations that can be changed or rearranged electronically or manually without altering the face or the surface of the sign but is not a dynamic display. A sign on which the message changes more than eight (8) times a day shall be considered an animated sign for the purposes of this Section. That portion of a sign on which the only copy that changes is an indication of the time and temperature shall be considered a public informational sign. Portable or non-permanent changeable copy signs shall, for the purposes of this Section, be considered temporary signs. (Ord. 679, 5-29-01) COMMERCIAL SIGN: A sign advertising a business, profession, commodity, service or entertainment. CONSTRUCTION SIGN: A sign placed at a construction site identifying the project and/or names of the architect, engineers, developers, contractors or other individuals or firms associated with the project. (Ord. 679, 5-29-01) DIRECTIONAL SIGN: A sign for the purpose of making specific commercial, industrial or public and semi-public locations known and to assist in finding these locations on the property where the sign is located. Such signs may be located within street right-of--ways subject to approval of the City and appropriate governmental agency. (Ord. 679, 5-29-01) DYNAMIC DISPLAY: Any characteristics of a sign that appear to have movement or that appear to change, caused by any method other than physically removing and replacing the sign or its components, whether the apparent movement or change is in the display, the sign structure itself, or any other component of the sign. This includes a display that incorporates a technology or method allowing the sign face to change the image without having to physically or mechanically replace the sign face or its components. Such technologies or methods may include, but are not limited to, cathode-ray tube ,CRT), light-emitting diode (LED, displays, plasma displays, liquid-crystal displays (LCD) or other technolo~~ies used in commercially available televisions or in computer or video monitors. This also includes any rotating, revolving, moving, flashing, blinking, or animated display or structural element and any display that incorporates rotating panels, LED lights manipulated through digital input, "digital ink" or any other method or technology that allows the sign face to present a series of images or displays. Si<~ns with this technology that a <~ovenunent or public aQency installs for directin~~ or re ulatin<.: edestrian or motor vehicle movement are exempt li-om this definition. (Ord 801, 01-07-08) FLAG OR PENNANT STRINGERS: A series of flags, pennants or streamers connected by a string or a rope. Such stringers shall be considered temporary signs for the purpose of this Section. (Ord. 679, 5-29-01) Page 6