Ajax By-law 027-2009, s. 3.2(a) — Sign By-law

the area of the Display Surface including the border of the frame;

• (b) all of the area of the display surface lying within the extremities of the Sign, if the Sign does not have a border or frame;
• (c) in the case of a free standing number, letter or shape, the smallest rectangle which will enclose the number, letter or shape;
• (d) in the case of groupings of free standing numbers, letters or shapes, or combinations thereof, the sum of the area of the smallest rectangle which will enclose the grouping of numbers, letters or shapes; and,
• (e) where used in connection with a Sign having two display surfaces and a thickness not greater than necessary to accommodate the Sign structure and with the thickness not used as a display surface, means the area of one display surface. “Sign Height” means:
• (a) the height of a Sign with border or frame shall be the vertical distance from the ground on which it stands to the highest extremity of the Sign; or,
• (b) the height of the Sign, without border or frame, that is affixed to or mounted upon any building or other approved mounting, shall be the vertical distance from the ground to the top of the letter, symbol or other part of the Sign that is highest. “Sign, Temporary” means a Portable Sign, A-Frame Sign, A-Frame Directional Sign, Poster Sign, Inflatable Sign, Yard Sale or Election Sign. “Town” means The Corporation of Town of Ajax. “Zone” means the area of a defined land use in the Town’s Zoning By-law passed under the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. P.13 as amended or any successor thereto.