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S IGNS § 3-3
<br />(24) “Person” or words denoting persons, for instance, “another,” “others,” “any,”
<br />“anyone,” “anybody,” and the like signify not only individuals, but
<br />corporations, firms, associations, societies, communities, assemblies,
<br />inhabitants of a district, or neighborhood, or persons known or unknown, and
<br />the public generally, where it appears, from the subject matter, the sense and
<br />connection in which such words are used, that such construction is intended.
<br />(25) “Portable sign” means any sign that is not an aerial sign and is not
<br />permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure, or a sign
<br />designed to be transported, including but not limited to signs designed to be
<br />transported by means of wheels, signs converted to A-frames or T-frames,
<br />menu and sandwich board signs, and signs attached to or painted on vehicles
<br />parked and visible from any public street, park, other public place or
<br />pedestrian way, unless said vehicle is driven in the normal day-to-day
<br />operation of the business.
<br />(26) “Projecting sign” means any sign affixed or attached to a building wall or
<br />structure and extending beyond the building wall or structure more than
<br />fifteen inches with an incidence angle of greater than thirty degrees.
<br />(27) “Roof sign” means any sign erected, constructed, and maintained wholly upon
<br />and over the roof of any building. “Roof” means the cover of a building,
<br />including the roofing and all other material and construction (such as
<br />supporting members) necessary to carry and maintain it over the walls or
<br />uprights. “Roofing” means any material used as a roof covering, including, but
<br />not limited to shingles, slate, sheet metal, or tile. “Mansard” means a double-
<br />pitched roof with the lower slope steeper than the top.
<br />(28) “Sign” means any device, figure, painting, picture, drawing, placard, poster,
<br />awning, canopy, street clock, light, model, notice or bill, including any
<br />announcement, declaration, display, illustration, insignia, or message which
<br />is:
<br />(A) Used to advertise or promote the interests of any person or entity or to
<br />communicate information of any kind to the public;
<br />(B) Placed on or applied to real property outdoors, attached to the exterior of
<br />buildings or structures or is located or displayed directly on the exterior
<br />or interior surface of a window; and
<br />(C) Visible from any public street, park, other public place or pedestrian way.
<br />A sign also includes, but is not limited to, any and all pictorial
<br />representations, letters, numerals, emblems, flags, banners, pennants,
<br />inscriptions, or patterns whether affixed to a building, painted, or
<br />otherwise depicted on a building, or placed separate from any building;
<br />provided that traffic control devices prescribed by chapter 291C, Hawai‘i
<br />Revised Statutes, shall not be construed as signs under this chapter.
<br />“Signs” as used in this chapter is not meant to include or prohibit street
<br />addresses required by chapter 14, sculpted ornamental shrubbery or
<br />ground cover, or signage that is constitutionally protected or otherwise
<br />permitted by state or federal law.
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