Public Township Council Meeting — Packet

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 Sign, freestanding or pylon shall mean a sign principally supported by one or more columns, poles or braces placed in or upon the ground. Freestanding signs shall advertise only the permitted use, products or services conducted on the premises. Sign, monument shall mean a sign for which the entire bottom is in contact with or is close to the ground. Sign, permanent window shall mean any sign made of a material other than paper or cardboard that is visible from the window area, or that is applied or adhered directly to the window glazing or etched into that glazing. Sign, sidewalk shall mean an “A-frame” shaped sign that identifies or advertises a place of business and that consists of two sign boards that are hinged together at the top. Sign, temporary shall mean a sign erected for a limited period of time as required elsewhere in this chapter. Sign, temporary window shall mean any sign visible from the window display area or adhered to window or door glazing, other than permanent window graphics, including community flyers, signs advertising a sale or promotion, or any other nonprofessionally manufactured sign. All paper and cardboard signs are considered to be temporary window graphics. No temporary graphics may be adhered to the exterior of a building. Sign, wall shall mean all painted signs and flat signs of solid-face construction and/or appearance which are placed against a building or other structure and attached to the exterior front, rear, or side wall of any building or other structure and attached to the exterior front, rear, or side wall of any building or other structure. Sign height measurement shall mean the vertical height of the background upon which the lettering, illustration or display is presented, including the supporting members of any sign. Single family detached dwelling shall mean a detached house designed for or intended to contain only one (1) dwelling unit and having no party wall in common with an adjacent dwelling structure. Site shall mean any plot, parcel or tract of land. Store shall mean keeping for safe care or custody whether temporarily or permanently. Story shall mean the space of a building between the surface of a floor and any floor next above it, or if there be no floor

l mean keeping for safe care or custody whether temporarily or permanently. Story shall mean the space of a building between the surface of a floor and any floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling above it. A story shall also be constituted between a floor and roof above when sixty (60%) percent of the total floor area has a minimum ceiling height of seven (7) feet six (6) inches. See Figures 4 and 5 for illustrations of story, half story and first story. 1. Story, half shall mean an area under a sloping roof with less than sixty (60%) percent but more than twenty-five (25%) percent of its total floor area having a minimum ceiling height of seven (7) feet six (6) inches and with no portion of the area used for residential living purposes having a minimum ceiling height of less than three (3) feet six (6) inches. 2. Story, first shall mean any story having its finished floor surface entirely above grade, except a basement shall be considered a story above grade when the distance from the grade to the finished surface of the floor above the basement is more than six (6) feet for more than fifty (50%) percent of the total perimeter or for more than twelve (12) feet at any point. 24