9422-03 Amend Chapter 21, Article 2, Use District Regulations, of South Bend Municipal Code to add a new zoning district to be known as th "CB" Community Business District

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attached to a building or structure where the principal function of such building or structure is something other than the support of a sign. (42) Sign, Incidental: A sign relating to the lot or use thereof which provides information or directions necessary or convenient for visitors coming on the lot, including but not limited to signs marking entrances and exits, pazking areas, circulation direction, restrooms and pick-up or delivery areas. (43) Sign, Marquee: Any sign or graphic printed on or attached directly to a marquee. (44) Sign, Monument: Any freestanding sign constructed in or on the ground surface with its sign display surface extending upward from the ground surface. (45) Sign, On-Premise: A sign which directs attention to a building, business, product, activity, or service offered on the property on which the sign is located. (46) Sign, Outdoor Advertising: Anoff-premise sign which directs attention to any business, profession, product, activity, commodity, or service, that is offered, sold, or manufactured on property or premises other than that upon which the sign is located. (47) Sign, Pennant: A sign of lightweight plastic, fabric, or other similaz material which is suspended from a rope, wire or string, usually in a series, and which is designed to move in the wind. [Note: Pennant Signs aze not permitted in the "CB" District.] (48) Sign, Pole: Any freestanding sign which has its supportive structure(s) anchored in the ground and which has the lowest portion of its sign surface elevated by more than ten (10) feet above the grade. (49) Sign Structure: Any structure including any pole, base, foundation, support, tie rods, upright, bracing or framework which supports or is capable of supporting any sign. (50) Sign Surface: The surface of the sign upon, against, or through which the message of the sign is exhibited. (51) Sign Surface Area: The area of a sign surface (which is also the sign surface area of a wall sign or other sign with only one sign face). Sign surface area shall be computed by using the smallest azea contained within one, two or three distinct squares, rectangles, or combination thereof that will encompass the extreme limits of the writing, representation, emblem, or other display, together with any material or color forming an integral part of the background of the display or used to differentiate the sign from the backdrop or structure against which the sign is placed, but not including any supporting framework, bracing twenty-four (24) inches in width or less, or any decorative fence or wall when such fence or wall otherwise meets the applicable regulations of this Ordinance and is cleazly incidental to the display itself. 47