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(31) "Temporary sign" means any sign which is not permanently installed or <br /> constructed as required under Divisions 8 and 9, such as outdoor decorations or advertising <br /> devices announcing an event, a meeting or series of meetings, if displayed on the premises <br /> where the event, meeting or series of meetings will be or is being held. Meeting, as used in this <br /> section, includes all meetings whether open to the public or not, or whether conducted for profit <br /> or not, and, including but not limited to, sports events, conventions, fairs, rallies, plays, <br /> lectures, concerts, motion pictures, dances, and religious services. <br /> (32) "Wall" means any structure which has a slope of sixty degrees or greater with the <br /> horizontal plane and which serves to enclose or subdivide a building. Fences, which mean <br /> enclosing or dividing frameworks for land, yard, or gardens, shall not be considered to be walls <br /> for purposes of this chapter. <br /> (33) "Wall sign" means any sign which is affixed to an exterior wall of any building <br /> when the sign projects not more than fifteen inches from the building wall, structure, or its <br /> parts, or a sign attached to a marquee. A wall sign does not include a sign on a mansard, or <br /> sloped roof or roof-like facade on a building, each of which is considered a roof sign. The <br /> maximum height of a wall sign shall be measured from the finished floor level to the top of the <br /> sign. <br /> (34) "Window" means an aperture or opening in the wall of a building which admits <br /> light and/or air to the interior of the building and allows visibility from within and without. <br /> (35) "Window sign" means any sign which is located or displayed on the inside or <br /> <br /> outside of a window surface. <br /> Division 3. Sign Area/Size Calculation <br /> <br /> Section 3-4. Singl~Faced signs. <br /> <br /> (a) The size of signs shall be measured and determined in the following manner: <br /> (1) If a sign is on a plate or is framed or roofed, all of the plate or frame or roof shall <br /> be included in the dimensions. <br /> (2) [f a sign is not on a plate or is not framed but is partly or entirely outlined by a light <br /> line or area, or if the sign is on a plate or is framed and circumscribed by a larger <br /> light line or area, all of the area circumscribed by a light line or area shall be <br /> included in the dimensions/size. <br /> (3) If a sign consists only of words, designs, or figures engraved, painted, projected, or <br /> fixed on a wall, the total area/size of the sign shall be the measurable area within <br /> the outer boundary of a standard geometrical shape such as a square, rectangle, or <br /> 7 <br /> <br />