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• Off - premise sign - A sign other than an on- premise sign. Includes outdoor advertising. • Planned development sign - A sign used in conjunction with an approved planned residential, office, business, industrial or mixed use development. • Political sign - A sign that advertises a candidate or issue to be voted upon on a definite election day. • Portable sign - A sign that is not permanently attached to either the ground, a structure or a building, nor was it ever intended to be so attached, that can easily be moved from one location to another. It may be equipped for towing or possess an axle, wheel or wheel mechanism. • Public interest sign - A sign on private property that displays information pertinent to the safety or legal responsibilities of the general public such as warning and no trespassing signs. • Real estate sign - A sign that is used to offer for sale, lease, or rent the premises upon which such sign is placed. • Sight preservation triangle - That portion of area off the paved road surface occurring at intersections that must be kept clear of all signs except as specifically allowed in this ordinance. The sight preservation triangle is measured as set forth below. • Sign - Any form of publicity, visible from any public highway directing attention to any individual activity, business, service, commodity or product and conveyed by means of words, figures, numerals, lettering, emblems, devices, designs, trademarks or other pictorial matter designed to convey such information. Such may be displayed by means of bills, panels, posters, paints, or other devices erected on an open framework, or attached or otherwise applied to posts, stakes, poles, buildings or other structures or supports. Neither newspaper delivery boxes nor mailboxes are considered to be signs. • Sign face area - The area within a single, continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of characters, lettering, logos, illustrations, or ornamentations, together with any material or color forming an integral part of the display or to differentiate the sign from the background to which it is placed. Structural supports bearing no sign copy shall not be included in the sign area. If a sign is attached to an entrance wall or fence, only that portion of that wall or fence onto which the sign face or letters are placed shall be calculated in the sign area. Only one side of a sign shall be included in the calculation. 11 -3 Attachment number 1 \n G -4 Page 243