<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 58-30. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
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               <span class="ital">Animation.</span> The movement or optical illusion of movement, of any part of the sign structure,
               design, or pictorial segment, including the movement of any illumination, or the flashing,
               scintillating or varying of light intensity. The automatic changing of all or any
               part of the facing of a sign or part of a sign shall be considered to be animation.
               Also included in the definition are signs that have chasing action, which is the action
               of a row of lights, commonly used to create the appearance of motion.
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               <span class="ital">Automatic changeable facing sign.</span> A sign display or device which changes the message or copy on the sign facing electronically
               by movement or rotation of panels or slats.
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               <span class="ital">Commercial or industrial activity</span> means any accepted or recognized commercial or industrial operation, except that
               the following uses shall not be considered commercial or industrial for purposes of
               this article:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Outdoor advertising structures;
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                  (2)
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                  Agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming, and related activities, including,
                  but not limited to, roadside fresh produce stands;
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                  (3)
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                  Transient or temporary activities;
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                  (4)
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                  Activities not visible from the highway;
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                  (5)
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                  Activities more than 1,000 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way;
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                  (6)
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                  Activities conducted in a building principally used as a residence;
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                  (7)
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                  Railroad tracks and minor sidings;
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                  (8)
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                  Any outdoor advertising activity or any other business or commercial activity carried
                  on in connection with an outdoor advertising activity; or
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                  (9)
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                  Any commercial or industrial activity engaged in or established primarily for the
                  purpose of qualifying an area for the establishment of outdoor advertising signs.
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               <span class="ital">Double-faced sign</span> means sign structures placed back to back with a distance between the backs of the
               signs of not greater than three feet.
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               <span class="ital">Electronic digital.</span> A sign that uses electronic digital surface which is changeable no more frequently
               than every eight seconds.
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               <span class="ital">Freestanding sign</span> means a sign supported by a sign structure placed in or upon the ground which is
               independent of any other object for support.
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               <span class="ital">Freeway</span> means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with full control of access.
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               <span class="ital">Nonconforming sign</span> means a sign which was legally erected prior to the effective date of the ordinance
               from which this article is derived, but which does not conform to these regulations.
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               <span class="ital">Outdoor advertising sign</span> means a sign, whether freestanding or painted on or attached to a building, which
               directs attention to a business, product, accommodation, service, event, or other
               activity which is conducted, sold, offered, or provided at a location other than the
               premises where the sign is located. Such signs are also known as billboards or off-premises
               signs. On-premises business identification signs, temporary political signs, directional
               signs 20 square feet or less in size, official signs, or highway and historic markers
               shall not be considered outdoor advertising signs.
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               <span class="ital">Sign</span> means any object, display, or structure, or portion thereof, which is located outdoors
               and is used to advertise, identify, display, direct, or attract attention to an object,
               person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event, or location
               through the use of words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, colors, or illumination.
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               <span class="ital">Sign face</span> means the surface of a sign where copy, messages, or advertisements are attached
               for display to the public, including any parts of the sign structure upon which such
               information is located.
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               <span class="ital">Sign structure</span> means the supporting poles, braces, struts, trim, or border; or building or structure
               to which an outdoor advertising sign is attached.
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               <span class="ital">V-type sign</span> means a sign structure constructed in the form of a "V" with an angle no greater
               than 45 degrees and at no point separated by a distance greater than five feet.
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               (Ord. 1-17-1989, Â§ 12.0; Ord. of 11-18-2008, Â§ a)
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