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drive-in where most customers consume their food in an automobile regardless of how it is served; or
<br />restaurants which serve intoxicating liquor or have live entertainment.
<br />Retaining wall means a wall or similar structure designed and constructed to hold back and prevent
<br />lateral movement of earth or other landscaping materials.
<br />Riding academy means a building, structure or other facility which is used for the instruction and
<br />training in the care and handling of horses, mules, donkeys or ponies for a fee or other valuable
<br />consideration.
<br />Shelter, fallout or blast, means a structure or portion of a structure intended to provide protection to
<br />human life during periods of danger to human life from nuclear fallout, blasts, air raids, storms or other
<br />emergencies.
<br />Sign means any written announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration, insignia or
<br />illumination used to advertise or promote the interest of any person when displayed or placed outside in
<br />view of the general public, and shall include every detached sign.
<br />Sign, advertising (billboard), means a sign which directs attention to a business, community service or
<br />entertainment not exclusively related to the premises where such sign is located or to which it is affixed.
<br />Sign, business, means a sign which directs attention to a business or profession conducted or to a
<br />commodity, service or entertainment sold or offered on the premises on which such sign is located or to
<br />which it is affixed.
<br />Sign, business, temporary, means a sign permitted for a limited period of time used to advertise or
<br />promote the interests of a single- or multi-use commercial or industrial use. A temporary sign may be
<br />attached to a principal structure or detached. Such signage shall include mobile/message board signs,
<br />banners and balloons that meet all applicable federal and state standards.
<br />Sign, flashing, means an illuminated sign on which the artificial light is not maintained stationary or
<br />constant in intensity and color at all times in which such sign is in use.
<br />Sign, gross area of, means the area within the frame, which shall be used to calculate the square feet;
<br />except that the width of the frame exceeding 12 inches shall constitute advertising space; or should such
<br />letters or graphics be mounted directly on a wall or fascia or in any such way as to be without a frame, the
<br />dimensions for calculating the square footage shall be the area extended six inches beyond the periphery
<br />formed around such letters or graphics bounded by straight lines connecting the outermost points; and each
<br />surface utilized to display a message or to attract attention shall be measured as a separate sign.
<br />Sign, illuminated, means any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs or outline illuminated
<br />by electric lights or luminous tubes as a part of the sign proper.
<br />Sign, nameplate, means any sign which states the name or address or both of the business or occupant
<br />of the lot where the sign is placed or may be a directory listing the names, addresses and business of
<br />occupants.
<br />Sports and health facility means a facility where members or nonmembers pay a fee to use equipment
<br />or space for the purpose of physical exercise or training. A sports and health facility may include aerobics,
<br />weight training, muscular exercise programs, yoga, Pilates, court games, jogging, or other similar activities.
<br />It may provide as an accessory use personal services to patrons, including but not limited to therapeutic
<br />massage, tanning, saunas, and whirlpools.
<br />Stable or barn, private, means a building or structure used or intended to be used for the keeping of
<br />hoofed animals belonging to the occupant of the property, and kept for noncommercial purposes.
<br />Stable or barn, public, means a building or structure used or intended to be used for housing of
<br />horses, mules, donkeys or ponies which are owned by those other than the occupant of the property, where
<br />animals may be rented for a fee for riding purposes or where riding lessons may be provided.
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