ORDINANCE - Amending UDO Article 11 Sign Regulations 6-18-18

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CANOPY A protective cover over a door, entrance, window, or outdoor service area which is attached to or cantilevered from a building. Also known as awning. Permanent marquees and porticoes which are designed as a continuous or integral part of the structure shall not be considered canopies. (See Sign Regulations.) CANOPY SIGN A sign that is suspended from, attached to, supported from, applied to, or constructed as part of a canopy or awning. CHANGEABLE COPY SIGN A sign on which message copy is changed manually in the field through attachment of letters, numbers, symbols and other similar characters of changeable pictorial panels. Also known as a reader -board sign. COMMON SIGNAGE PLAN A plan for all signs associated with a development project. If the project consists of several buildings or businesses which are related in a single development, the signage shall include all signs within the development, including outparcels. DIRECTIONAL SIGN An on -premise sign giving information or direction for the convenience and necessity of the public, such as "entrance," "exit," "telephone," "parking," etc. ESTABLISHMENT Any use other than a one-, two-, or three-family dwelling. FACADE That exterior side of a building which faces, and is most nearly parallel to, a public or private street. The Facade shall include the entire building walls, including wall faces, parapets, fascia, windows, doors, canopy and visible roof structures of one complete elevation. FACSIMILE SIGN An oversized, three-dimensional object, such as a chicken bucket, automobile (or automobile part), or human figure, which may or may not contain advertising matter, and may or may not contain information about products sold on the premises, and is located in such a manner as to attract attention FENCE SIGN A sign mounted on, attached to, or constructed as part of a fence or similar structure. 19