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<br />Shelter, fallout or blast, means a structure or portion of a structure intended to provide
<br />protection to human life during periods of danger to human life from nuclear fallout, blasts, air
<br />raids, storms or other emergencies.
<br />Sign means any written announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration,
<br />insignia or illumination used to advertise or promote the interest of any person when displayed or
<br />placed outside in 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
<br />service or entertainment not exclusively related to the premises where such sign is located or to
<br />which it is affixed.
<br />Sign, business, means a sign which directs attention to a business or profession conducted or
<br />to a commodity, service or entertainment sold or offered on the premises on which such sign is
<br />located or to which it is affixed.
<br />Sign, business, temporary, means a sign permitted for a limited period of time used to
<br />advertise or promote the interests of a single- or multi-use commercial or industrial use. A
<br />temporary sign may be attached to a principal structure or detached. Such signage shall include
<br />mobile/message board signs, banners and balloons that meet all applicable federal and state
<br />standards.
<br />Sign, flashing, means an illuminated sign on which the artificial light is not maintained
<br />stationary or 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
<br />square feet; except that the width of the frame exceeding 12 inches shall constitute advertising
<br />space; or should such letters or graphics be mounted directly on a wall or fascia or in any such
<br />way as to be without a frame, the dimensions for calculating the square footage shall be the area
<br />extended six inches beyond the periphery formed around such letters or graphics bounded by
<br />straight lines connecting the outermost points; and each surface utilized to display a message or
<br />to attract attention shall be measured as a separate sign.
<br />Sign, illuminated, means any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs or outline
<br />illuminated 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
<br />occupant of the lot where the sign is placed or may be a directory listing the names, addresses
<br />and business of occupants.
<br />Sports and health facility means a facility where members or nonmembers pay a fee to use
<br />equipment or space for the purpose of physical exercise or training. A sports and health facility
<br />may include aerobics, weight training, muscular exercise programs, yoga, Pilates, court games,
<br />jogging, or other similar activities. It may provide as an accessory use personal services to
<br />patrons, including but not limited to therapeutic massage, tanning, saunas, and whirlpools.
<br />Stable or barn, private, means a building or structure used or intended to be used for the
<br />keeping of hoofed animals belonging to the occupant of the property, and kept for
<br />noncommercial purposes.
<br />Stable or barn, public, means a building or structure used or intended to be used for housing
<br />of horses, mules, donkeys or ponies which are owned by those other than the occupant of the
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