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(2) To allow the sign's message area to overhang the pole, poles, columns or other base or
<br />structure in total by more than twenty percent (20%) of the sign message area's breadth.
<br />(h) "Flag" sha11 mean any sign of cloth or similar material, anchored along one side, displayed
<br />from a single pole, either freestanding or attached to a building.
<br />(i) "Window Sign" shall mean any sign in view of the general public appearing on a window
<br />surface or within up to twenty-four (24) inches of the window surface.
<br />(j) "Vehicular Sign" shall mean any sign attached or applied to a vehicle of any type and used
<br />primarily to identify, advertise or promote, excluding any signs on vehicles normally and regularly
<br />used and operated in the course of business.
<br />(k) "Temporary Sign" sha11 mean any sign, banner, flag, pennant, or other display of cloth, canvas,
<br />wallboard, board, plastic or other such material, designed to be displayed for a limited period of
<br />time.
<br />(1) "Nonconforming Sign" shall mean any sign existing on or after the effective date of North
<br />Olmsted Ordinance 2000-12 which does not conform to said Ordinance in its entirety.
<br />(m) "Facing" or "Surface" or "Surface Area" or "Sign Face Area" shall mean the surface of the
<br />sign upon, against, or through which the message is displayed or illustrated on the sign. The sign
<br />face area shall be the area of the smallest of these regular polygons-circle, ellipse, triangle,
<br />rectangle, trapezoid, pentagon or hexagon - that completely contains the sign message,
<br />background of the message and contiguous trims, or frames. Any sign supports or structure other
<br />than exposed steel framing, which is clad in finished wood, stone, masonry, stucco, or metals, and
<br />which does not bear any sign copy, art or message shall not be included in the sign face area.
<br />(n) "Frontage" or 'Lot Frontage' sha11 mean the lot or property dimension along the principal
<br />street.
<br />(o) "Building Frontage" shall mean the linear dimension of the width of the widest portion of the
<br />building face including all appurtenant overhangs or other structures, either:
<br />(1) Closest to parallel to the principal Street or
<br />(2) Containing the primary building entrance, of any building on any lot.
<br />(p) "Building Unit" or Unit of a Building" sha11 mean, in any building subdivided into separate
<br />units or spaces, any interior space occupying any portion of the ground floor of any building, and
<br />having its own exterior entrance, and separated from other such spaces by a party wall or walls.
<br />(q) "Unit Frontage" or "Building Unit Frontage" sha11 mean the linear dimension of the width of
<br />the widest portion of the building unit face including a11 appurtenant overhangs or other
<br />structures, either:
<br />(1) Closest to parallel to the principal street or
<br />(2) Containing the primary building unit entrance, of any building on any lot.
<br />Where a building unit is bounded by a paRy wall or wa11s, the mea,surement of
<br />width shall be to the centerline(s) of such wall or walls.
<br />(r) "Alter" shall mean to change in any way, including but not limited to reconstruction, redesign,
<br />reillumination that changes the lighting design, sign face replacement that changes the sign face
<br />design, sign face change, and painting in a different color than the present color, excluding
<br />changes in changeable copy on signs.
<br />(s) "Other Advertising Structure" shall mean any marquee, canopy, awning,
<br />campanile, gazebo, kiosk or street clock serving to image, identify or promote a
<br />commercial enterprise.
<br />(t) "Pernuttee" shall mean a person receiving an erection permit pursuant to the provisions of this
<br />chapter.
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