§ 36-3. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Billboard means any sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered elsewhere than on the premises where such sign appears.
Business establishment means a project or undertaking which involves the use of any property, building or structure, permanent or temporary, for the primary purpose of conducting on the property a legitimate commercial enterprise, or other nonresidential use, in compliance with all ordinances and regulations of the village. Multiple services and/or goods offered by a business establishment shall be considered one business establishment.
Business frontage means the linear measurement of the side of the building which contains the primary entrance of the building.
Community sign means a sign on which the sign area is shared by two or more businesses.
Double-faced sign means a single sign with two parallel sign faces, back-to-back.
Energized sign means a sign energized from artificial sources for the purposes of self-illumination or sustaining motion.
Flagpole means a freestanding structure permanently mounted on the ground and designed and constructed for the purpose of having flags.
Freestanding sign or ground sign means any sign supported by one or more columns, poles, uprights, or braces, anchored in or on the ground and not attached to any building.
Glare means emitted light which exceeds 60 footcandles.
Grand opening sign means the formal offering by a new business of its goods, wares, merchandise, service, entertainment, or activity.
Identification sign means any sign which carries only the firm, business, or corporate name, the major enterprise on the premises, or the principal products offered for sale on the premises.
Integrated business development means a development consisting of two or more interrelated business establishments using common driveways and on-site parking facilities, including, but not limited to shopping centers, office complexes and office buildings.
Irregular signs means separately mounted signs on one supporting structure.
Major intersection means an intersection of two major thoroughfares.
Monument sign means any sign five feet or less from the natural ground level to the top of the sign.
Multifaced sign means a single sign with two or more faces which are not parallel or back to back.
Nonadvertising sign means any sign posted on private property containing thereon a regulatory or warning notice and upon which no advertising matter is displayed.
Office complex means one or more commercial buildings with multiple businesses providing services and not delivering products directly to customers and consisting of two or more tenants using common driveways.
Portable sign means any sign designed or constructed to be easily moved from one location to another, including signs mounted upon or designed to be mounted upon a trailer, wheeled carrier, or other nonmotorized mobile structure. A portable sign which has its wheels removed shall still be considered a portable sign.
Projecting sign means any sign which is affixed or attached to, and is supported solely by a building, wall or like structure, which extends beyond the building, wall, or like structure, or parts thereof, more than 18 inches and whose angle of incidence to the building, wall, structure, or parts thereof, is greater than 30 degrees.
Public service sign means a sign which provides a service or message to the public, such as time, temperature, and charity appeals.
Reader panel means a permanently constructed changeable copy bulletin board, lighted or unlighted, with detachable precut letters and figures.
Resort rental signs means signs permanently affixed to a dwelling, which is primarily, utilized for shortterm vacation rentals. A resort rental sign shall not be considered a temporary sign.
Roofline means the height above the finished grade of the upper beam, rafter, ridge, or purlin of any building.
Shopping center identification sign means a freestanding sign structure containing the name identifying an integrated business development which may also include identification signs on which the names and nature of businesses within the are uniformly displayed.
Sign means any outdoor structure, sign, display, light device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, or other thing that is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform.
Sign area means the total square footage of all the sign facing, including that portion of the supporting structure or trim which carries any wording, symbols, identifying color, or pictures; provided, however, in the case of double-faced signs, only one face shall be computed to determine sign area.
Sign facing or sign surface means the surface of any sign upon, against, or through which the message is displayed or illustrated; provided, however, for signs in which the words, letters, or symbols are independently mounted, the sign surface shall mean the outside dimensions of the area containing all of the individual words, letters, and symbols.
Temporary sign means any sign constructed of light materials with short life expectancies, including but not limited to a garage sale, open house, snipe or political. A portable sign shall not be considered a temporary sign.
Wall sign means all flat signs, either of solid face construction or individual letters, symbols, or pictures, which are placed against the exterior wall of any building or structure and extending not more than 18 inches from the face of such building or structure, parallel to the building or structure, and having the advertisement on one face only.
(Ord. No. 2000-15, § 3, 9-12-2000; Ord. No. 2001-8, § 1, 6-12-2001)