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§ 3-3 H AWAI‘I C OUNTY C ODE (29) “Street” means a public right-of-way or easement intended for vehicular and/or pedestrian use that provides direct or indirect access to property. “Street frontage” means that portion of a building site that has a common boundary line with a street right-of-way boundary line. (30) “Temporary painted window sign” means any noncommercial painted sign on a window that is seasonal or temporary in nature. (31) “Temporary sign” means any sign which is not permanently installed or constructed as required under divisions 8 and 9, such as outdoor decorations or advertising devices announcing an event, a meeting or series of meetings, if displayed on the premises where the event, meeting or series of meetings will be or is being held. Meeting, as used in this section, includes all meetings whether open to the public or not, or whether conducted for profit or not, and, including but not limited to, sports events, conventions, fairs, rallies, plays, lectures, concerts, motion pictures, dances, and religious services. (32) “Wall” means any structure which has a slope of sixty degrees or greater with the horizontal plane and which serves to enclose or subdivide a building. Fences, which mean enclosing or dividing frameworks for land, yard, or gardens, shall not be considered to be walls for purposes of this chapter. (33) “Wall sign” means any sign which is affixed to an exterior wall of any building when the sign projects not more than fifteen inches from the building wall, structure, or its parts, or a sign attached to a marquee. A wall sign does not include a sign on a mansard, or sloped roof or roof-like facade on a building, each of which is considered a roof sign. The maximum height of a wall sign shall be measured from the finished floor level to the top of the sign. (34) “Window” means an aperture or opening in the wall of a building which admits light and/or air to the interior of the building and allows visibility from within and without. (35) “Window sign” means any sign which is located or displayed directly on the inside or outside of a window surface. (2004, ord 04-142, sec 2; am 2020, ord 20-19, sec 2.)3-3 Division 3. Sign Area/Size Calculation. Section 3-4. Single-faced signs. (a) The size of signs shall be measured and determined in the following manner: (1) If a sign is on a plate or is framed or roofed, all of the plate or frame or roof shall be included in the dimensions. (2) If a sign is not on a plate or is not framed but is partly or entirely outlined by a light line or area, or if the sign is on a plate or is framed and circumscribed by a larger light line or area, all of the area circumscribed by a light line or area shall be included in the dimensions/size. SUPP. 8 (7-2020) 3-6