Any sign that uses movement or change of lighting, either natural or artificial, to depict action or create a special effect or scene. For purposes of this article, a sign which consists of an electronic or mechanical indication of time or temperature shall be considered a time and temperature sign and not an animated sign. For purposes of this article, a sign which consists of an electronic or mechanical written message, including such messages as copy, art, graphics, time, date, temperature, weather or information concerning civic or charitable events or the advertising of products or services for sale on the premises shall be considered an electronic message unit sign and not an animated sign.

Any sign of lightweight fabric or similar material that is mounted to a pole or a building at one or more edges. National flags, state or municipal flags or the official flag of any institution or business shall not be considered a banner.

A stationary or revolving light which flashes or projects illumination, single color or multicolored, in any manner which is intended to attract or divert attention; except, however, that this term in not intended to include any kind of lighting device which is required or necessary under the safety regulations described by the Federal Aviation Administration or similar agencies.

An agent of the Village of Osceola authorized to permit, inspect, approve or deny construction within the Village and the authorized government representative on sign issues.

Any sign indicating the name of a building and date and incidental information about its construction, which sign is cut into a masonry surface or made of bronze or other permanent material.[2]

Any sign that is a part of or attached to an awning, canopy or other fabric, plastic or structural protective cover over a door entrance, window or outdoor service area. A marquee is not a canopy.

A sign or portion thereof with characters, letters or illustrations that can be changed or rearranged without altering the face or the surface of the sign. A sign on which the message changes more than eight times per day shall be considered an animated sign and not a changeable-copy sign for purposes of this article.

Any sign wording, logo or other representation that, directly or indirectly, names, advertises or calls attention to a business, product, service, sale or sales event or other commercial activity.

Any sign which alerts persons of construction or demolition activities for a project or which describes the project or the contractors involved.

A sign of a noncommercial nature which directs the reader to the location of public or educational institutions or to the location of historical structures or areas or to the location of public parks or buildings.

The net geometric area enclosed by the display surface of the sign, including the outer extremities of all letters, characters and delineations; provided, however, that "display surface area" shall not include the structural supports for freestanding signs.

A section or sections of the incorporated area of the Village of Osceola for which the then-effective zoning ordinance governing the use of buildings and land is uniform for each class of use permitted therein.

To build, construct, attach, hang, place, suspend or affix.

Any fabric, banner or bunting containing distinctive colors, patterns or symbols, used as a symbol of government, political subdivision or other entity.

An illuminated sign on which artificial or reflected light is not maintained stationary and constant in intensity and color at all times when in use.

A sign which is attached to or a part of a completely self-supporting structure. The supporting structure shall be set firmly in or below the ground surface and shall not be attached to any building or any other structure, whether portable or stationary.

Any sign which advertises a private sale of personal property used to dispose of personal household possessions, not for the use of any commercial venture.

A sign of an identification or informational nature bearing no advertising.

Any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs or outline illuminated directly or indirectly by electric lights or luminous tube.

A sign, generally informational, that has a purpose secondary to the use of the lot on which it is located, such as "no parking," "entrance," "loading only," "telephone" and other similar directives. No sign with a commercial message legible from a position off the lot on which the sign is located shall be considered incidental.

A sign which serves as common or collective identification for a group of persons or businesses operating on the same zone lot (e.g., shopping center, office complex, etc.). Such sign may name the persons or businesses included but carry no other advertising matter.

An agreement by which a property owner conveys, usually for a specified rent, to other persons permission to erect and maintain an advertising sign upon his or her property.

Any piece or parcel of land or a portion of a subdivision, the boundaries of which have been established by some legal instrument of record, that is recognized and intended as a unit for the purpose of transfer of ownership.

Any roof with a pitch less than three inches rise per 12 inches horizontal.[3]

Any roof that has an angle greater than 45º and which derives part of its support from the building wall and is attached to (but not necessarily a part of) a low-slope roof and which extends along the full length of the front building wall or 3/4 of the length of a side building wall.[4]

A sign existing at the effective date of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this article which could not be built under the terms of this article.[5]

Any lightweight plastic, fabric or other material designed to move in the wind, whether containing a message or not.

Includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization, singular or plural, of any kind.[6]

Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure and designed to be or used in a way that is movable from one location to another, including, but not limited to, signs designed to be transported by means of wheels; signs converted to A- or T-frames; balloons used as signs; umbrellas used for advertising.

The building in which is conducted the principal use of the zone lot on which it is located. Zone lots with multiple principal uses may have multiple principal buildings, but storage buildings, garages and other clearly accessory uses shall not be considered principal buildings.

Any sign that shall be affixed at an angle or perpendicularly to the wall of any building in such a manner to read perpendicularly or at an angle to the wall on which it is mounted.

Any event that is authorized by the Village of Osceola, whether funded in part, total or not at all.

A temporary sign placed upon property for the purpose of advertising to the public the sale or lease of said property.

Any sign located in a district zoned for residential uses that contains no commercial message except advertising for goods or services legally offered on the premises where the sign is located, if offering such service at such location conforms to the requirements of the Village of Osceola.

Any sign erected and constructed wholly on and over the roof of a building, supported by the roof structure and extending vertically above the highest portion of the roof.

Any sign erected or constructed as an integral or essentially integral part of a normal roof structure of any design, such that no part of the sign extends vertically above the highest portion of the roof and such that no part of the sign is separated from the rest of the roof by a space of more than six inches.

The distance from the property line to the nearest part of the applicable building, structure or sign, measured perpendicularly to the property line.

A cohesive unit of stores or other commercial businesses arranged and constructed according to a plan and contained within a separate parcel of land.

Includes every device, frame, letter, figure, character, mark, plane, point, design, picture, logo, stroke, stripe, trademark or reading matter which is used or intended to be used to attract attention or convey information, when the same is placed out of doors in view of the general public, and, in addition, any of the above which is not placed out of doors but which is illuminated with artificial or reflected light, and also the above when near the inside surface of a window in such a way as to be in view of the general public and used or intended to be used to attract attention or convey information to motorists.

Illumination which comes from lamps, lenses or devices designed to focus or concentrate the light rays of the source.

A strip of land or accessway subject to vehicular traffic and/or pedestrian traffic that provides direct or indirect access to property, including but not limited to alleys, avenues, boulevards, courts, drives, highways, lanes, places, roads, sidewalks, terraces, trails or other thoroughfares.

The distance for which a lot line of a zone lot adjoins a public street, from one lot line intersecting said street to the furthest distant lot line intersecting the same street.

A sign that is suspended from the underside of a horizontal plane surface and is supported by such surface.

Any sign intended to be displayed for a period of not more than 60 days in a twelve-month period or until construction or sale of property is completed, including real estate, political or construction site signs and banners, decorative-type displays or anything similar to the aforementioned.

Any sign that shall be affixed parallel to the wall or printed on the wall of any building in such a manner as to read parallel to the wall on which it is mounted; provided, however, that said wall sign shall not project above the top of the wall or beyond the end of the building. For the purpose of this article, any sign display surface that is affixed flat against the sloping surface of a mansard roof shall be considered a wall sign. Any sign that is affixed to the building marquee, building awning or a building canopy shall be considered a wall sign.

Any sign, pictures, symbol or combination thereof designed to communicate information about an activity, business, commodity, event, sale or service that is placed inside a window or upon the window.

Any sign, pictures, symbol or combination thereof designed to be temporarily placed in a residential or commercial lot for purposes of commemorating a personal event, such as a birthday, graduation or anniversary.

A parcel of land in single ownership that is of sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements for area, coverage and use and that can provide such yards and other open spaces as required by the zoning regulations.