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copy, e.g., parking or exit and entrance signs. May contain logo provided that the logo may not <br /> ( comprise more than 20% of the total sign area. <br /> Directory Sign - an exterior information wall sign identifying the names of businesses served by <br /> a common public entrance in a shopping center or office building. <br /> Double-faced Sign - a sign with two faces, essentially back-to-back or v-construction. <br /> Electrical Sign - a sign or sign structure in which electrical wiring, connections, or fixtures are <br /> used. <br /> Facade - the entire building front including the parapet. <br /> Face of sign - the area of a sign on which the copy is placed. <br /> Flashing sign— a sign which contains an intermittent or sequential flashing light source used <br /> primarily to attract attention. This does not include changeable copy signs, or signs which, <br /> through reflection or other means, creates an illusion of flashing or intermittent light. <br /> Freestanding sign - a single-pole sign supported permanently upon the ground by a pole or brace <br /> and not attached to any building; or a double-pole sign with multiple signs between the two <br /> supports. <br /> Frontage -the length of the property line of any one premise along a public right-of-way on <br /> which it borders. <br /> Government Sign - any temporary or permanent sign erected and maintained by the township, <br /> county, state, or federal government for traffic direction or for designation of or direction to any <br /> school, hospital, historical site, or public service, property, or facility. The United States and <br /> Minnesota State flags are exempt from sign regulations. <br /> Ground sign (also "Blade Sign') - a sign which is anchored to the ground similar to a pylon or <br /> freestanding sign, but which has a monolithic or columnar line and which maintains essentially <br /> the same contour from grade to top. Height and setbacks are to be the same as for freestanding <br /> signs. <br /> Height (of a sign) - the vertical distance measured from the highest point of the sign, excluding <br /> decorative embellishments, to the grade of the average adjacent natural terrain or the surface <br /> grade beneath the sign, whichever is less in height. (compare "Clearance") <br /> Identification sign - a sign whose copy is limited to the name and address of a building, <br /> institution, or person and/or to the activity or occupation being identified. <br /> Illegal sign - a sign which does not meet the requirements of this code and which has not <br /> received legal nonconforming status. <br /> Sibley Township Zoning Ordinance Article III 71 <br />