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Exhibit A: Chapter 1163 Signs (Current) 2. To allow the sign's message area to overhang the pole, poles, columns or other base or structure in total by more than 20% of the sign message area's breadth. H. "Flag" shall mean any sign of cloth or similar material, anchored along one side, displayed from a single pole, either freestanding or attached to a building. I. "Window Sign" shall mean any sign in view of the general public appearing on a window surface or within up to 24 inches of the window surface. J. "Vehicular Sign" shall mean any sign attached or applied to a vehicle of any type and used primarily to identify, advertise or promote, excluding any signs on vehicles normally and regularly used and operated in the course of business. K. "Temporary Sign" shall mean a sign designed and intended for use for only a limited period of time. L. "Nonconforming Sign" shall mean any sign existing on or after the effective date of North Olmsted Ordinance 2000-12 which does not conform to said Ordinance in its entirety. M. "Facing" or "Surface" or "Surface Area" or "Sign Face Area" shall mean the surface of the sign upon, against, or through which the message is displayed or illustrated on the sign. The sign face area shall be the area of the smallest of these regular polygons—circle, ellipse, triangle, rectangle, trapezoid, pentagon or hexagon — that completely contains the sign message, background of the message and contiguous trims, or frames. Any sign supports or structure other than exposed steel framing, which is clad in finished wood, stone, masonry, stucco, or metals, and which does not bear any sign copy, art or message shall not be included in the sign face area. N. "Frontage" or "Lot Frontage" shall mean the lot or property dimension along the principal street. O. "Building Frontage" shall mean the linear dimension of the width of the widest portion of the building face including all appurtenant overhangs or other structures, either: 1. Closest to parallel to the principal street or 2. Containing the primary building entrance, of any building on any lot. P. "Building Unit" or "Unit of a Building" shall mean, in any building subdivided into separate units or spaces, any interior space occupying any portion of the ground floor of any building, and having its own exterior entrance, and separated from other such spaces by a party wall or walls. Q. "Unit Frontage" or "Building Unit Frontage" shall mean the linear dimension of the width of the widest portion of the building unit face including all appurtenant overhangs or other structures, either: 1. Closest to parallel to the principal street or 2. Containing the primary building unit entrance, of any building on any lot. Where a building unit is bounded by a party wall or walls, the measurement of width shall be to the centerline(s) of such wall or walls. R. "Alter" shall mean to change in any way, including but not limited to reconstruction, redesign, reillumination that changes the lighting design, sign face replacement that changes the sign face design, sign face change, and painting in a different color than the present color, excluding changes in changeable copy on signs. Page 1163-2 City of North Olmsted Zoning Code