Cambridge : Règlement no 191-03, art. 2 — Sign By-law

DEFINITIONS In this by-law, Access Driveway means the area between the traveled portion of a roadway and a parking lot used by motor vehicles for access to and from the parking lot; Animated Sign means any sign that includes action or motion of all or any part of the sign but does not include colour changes; Awning Sign means a non-illuminated identification sign or logo painted or affixed flat to the surface of an awning that does not extend vertically or horizontally beyond the limits of such awning. Banner Sign means a sign produced on cloth, fabric or other lightweight material. Billboard Sign means a third party, non-accessory sign that advertises goods, products, services or facilities that are not available at the location where the sign is situated or that directs persons to

a location different from that where the sign is located. Building Face means the total area of a building contained between the finished surface of the ground and the eaves; Canopy means any structure projecting from the building face having a rigid frame and being attached to a building in such a manner as not to become an integral part thereof, but does not include awnings; Canopy Sign means a sign attached to, marked or inscribed on or erected or placed against the canopy of a building, but does not include awning signs; Changeable Copy Sign means a sign on which copy can be changed through the use of attachable letters, numerals and pictorial panels or automatically by electronic switching of lamps or illuminated tubes and shall be deemed not to mean time and temperature messages; Copy Area means the entire area within a single square or rectangle or a combination of squares or rectangles that enclose the extreme limits of the advertising message, declaration, announcement or logo; Development Sign means a non-illuminated sign which is installed or affixed to the ground on the site of the subdivision or project where the purpose of the sign is to provide information on the development and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall include one or more of the following, the name of the subdivision or project, prices and the names and addresses of architects, consultants, developers, builders and related personnel to the development; Directional Sign, Free Standing means a sign supported independently of and visibly separated from a building or structure and permanently fixed to the ground and shall be used for the direction of pedestrian and/or motor vehicle traffic but shall not be used for identification or advertisement; Driveway means the improved land on a road that provides vehicular access from the roadway to adjacent land; Fascia Sign means a wall sign and every sign attached to, marked or inscribed on, or erected or placed against a wall forming part of a building and having the exposed face thereof on a plane approximately parallel to the plane of such wall and may project from the face of such wall and shall include a painted wall sign and a banner sign and a banner sign; Fascia Industrial Directory means a fascia sign specifically intended for an industrial mall building of at least three distinct tenant units which may include the municipal street number and address and shall include a complete list of each individual tenant or occupancy by company name and/or logo for identification purposes but which does not display product or business advertising; Flashing Sign means a sign or advertising device which contains an intermittent or flashing light source or which includes the illusion of intermittent or flashing light by means of animation or an externally mounted light source but does not include an automatic changing sign such as time and/or temperature and/or date sign or electrically controlled message centre; Free Standing Sign means any sign, except a billboard, supported independently of and visibly separated from a building or other structure and permanently fixed to the ground; Free Standing Industrial Directory Sign means a free standing sign specifically intended for an industrial mall building of at least three distinct tenant units which may include the municipal street number and address and shall include a complete list of each individual tenant or occupancy by company name and/or local for identification purposes but which does not display product or business advertising; Frontage means the length of the property line of any one premises parallel to and along each legally accessible public street, excluding a lane or alleyway, that it borders; Gas Bar Weather Canopy means a permanent free standing roof structure erected for the purpose of sheltering gasoline service pumps from the weather. Such structure shall not be enclosed and may be attached to a building; Height of Sign means the vertical distance measured from the highest point of the sign to the finished grade immediately below such sign and shall include any support structure; Home Occupation Sign means a non-illuminated sign installed, erected or displayed for a home occupation identifying the business and containing no other message or advertising; Institutional Directional Sign means a sign erected on a road allowance to inform the public of the location of Business Improvement Areas, public buildings, institutions, recreational or educational facilities or service clubs but shall not be used for advertising. Institutional Event Sign means a sign installed, erected or displayed for public educational institutions, public hospitals and public libraries and other civic organizations (but does not include places of worship) consisting of permanent lettering identifying the establishment and address, which includes changeable copy as an integral part of a free standing or fascia sign; Menu Board means a free standing sign used to display food and beverages available and may include the price of such item for drive-thru food services establishments only; Mobile Read-A-Board Sign means any sign or sign structure designed for temporary placement or erection on a site and constructed to support, carry or display an area of changeable copy but is not permanently attached to the ground or a building and/or any sign or sign structure designed for the temporary placing of copy, letters or messages; Model Home Real Estate Sign means a non-illuminated sign that is permanently installed or affixed to the ground where the purpose of the sign is to direct attention to model homes; Municipal Act means chapter M.45 of the Municipal Act 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, as it may from time to time be amended or replaced; Municipal Election Sign means a sign, including a mobile read-a-board sign, used to advertise any person or political party participating in an election for public office, but excluding Provincial and Federal office; Mural means an artistic painting on or against a building face but does not include a fascia sign or

a mural sign or include any advertising or promote any business or product; Mural Sign means a sign that is a combination of a mural and a fascia sign; Non-Illuminated Plate Identification Sign means a wall sign having the exposed face on a plane parallel to the plane of such wall, which sign shall not be internally illuminated and shall be used only for identification, direction and liability notices; Outer Boulevard means: