§ 118-6. Sign types.

Awning. Information painted on, or imprinted on, awnings. The term "awning" means a sheltering screen, usually of canvas fabric, extending over or before any place which has windows, doors, outside walks, or the like, and providing shelter or protection against the weather. Awning signs shall be calculated as a portion of the square footage allowed for on the site as outlined in this section.

Electronic message centers and signs. Signs that automatically change copy or signs which include, but are not limited to, digital reader board signs.

Integral. Memorial signs or tablets, names of buildings, and date of erection when cut into masonry surfaces or when constructed of bronze or other incombustible materials mounted on the face of a building. Integral signs shall not be computed in the total allowable signage on a site.

Marquee. Any sign attached to and made part of a marquee. A marquee is defined as a permanent roof-like structure projecting beyond a building wall at the entrance to a building or extending along and projecting beyond the building's wall and generally designed and constructed to provide protection against the weather.

Monument. A sign which has the vertical structure supports concealed in an enclosed base. The width of such enclosed base shall be equal to at least two-thirds the horizontal width of the sign surface. The enclosed base shall be of brick or compatible material matching the finish of the primary structure.

Pole. A sign in which the vertical support(s) are not concealed within an enclosed base. Pole signs are required to be wrapped with a pole cover. Such signs shall be permitted only upon satisfaction of the requirements pertaining to pole signs contained in section 118-7.

Projecting. A projecting sign is any sign other than a wall sign affixed to any building or wall whose leading edge extends beyond such building or wall.

Roof. A sign that is mounted on the roof of a building or that is wholly dependent upon a building for support and that projects above the top walk or edge of a building with a flat roof, the eave of a building with a gambrel, gable, or hip roof, or deck line of a building with a mansard roof. Roof signs shall be permitted only upon satisfaction of the requirements pertaining to roof signs contained in section 118-9.

Sandwich board. A sandwich board is a two-sided, self-supporting sign with the base of the sign being the supporting structure and the connecting point located at the top of the sign.

Swing. A swing sign is any sign projecting from an angle or the outside wall or walls of any building, or from an awning, which has a horizontal dimension equal to or exceeding its vertical dimension, and which is suspended from a projecting structure in such a manner that the sign itself, or any part thereof, is not attached to the building or wall.

Wall. A wall sign is any sign painted on or attached to an erected structure parallel to the face of, or erected and confined within the limits of, the outside wall of any building and supported by such wall or building and which displays only one advertising surface.

Window. A window sign is any sign placed inside or upon a window facing the outside and which is intended to be seen from the exterior.

(Ord. No. 2008-24, § 1,9-16-2008; Ord. No. 2009-04, §§ 1, 2, 7-7-2009)