A sign consisting of lightweight, flexible material which is supported by frame, rope, wires or other anchoring devices, which may or may not include copy, logo, or graphic symbols. This definition includes but is not limited to flags.

An off-premises sign, structure or symbol erected and maintained by a person engaged in the sale or rental for profit of space thereon to a clientele of manufacturing, service or commercial enterprises upon which space there is displayed by means of painting, posting or other method, advertising copy describing a wide variety of projects or services which are not necessarily made, produced, assembled, stored or sold from the lot or premises upon which the advertisement is displayed. This definition does not include a scoreboard.

An on-premises sign directing attention to a business, public use (public schools, utility, library, parks, and essential services) and semipublic uses (hospitals, urgent care, churches, and similar uses), commodity, service, or entertainment conducted, sold or offered on the premises.

A sign located at a residential development of 20 or more residential homes or business park of five or more businesses identifying the name of the residential development or business park.

A freestanding sign with two identical faces of equal sign area which are back-to-back and no more than two feet apart.

Any sign or portion thereof that displays electronic images, graphics, or pictures with or without textual information, using LEDs, fiber optics, light bulbs, or other illumination devices or combination thereof within the display area and where a static message change sequence is accomplished immediately or by means of fade.

A sign and supporting structure which is secured in the ground and independent of any building, fence or other support. For the purpose of this definition, freestanding signs consist of the following:

Any sign for the control of traffic or for identification purposes, street signs, warning signs, railroad crossing signs and signs of public utility companies indicating danger or construction, which are erected by or at the order of a public officer, employee or agent thereof in the discharge of his official duties.

Any sign illuminated by electricity, gas or any other artificial light, including but not limited to reflective or phosphorescent light. An illuminated sign may include lighting devices such as any light, string of lights, or group of lights located or arranged so as to cast illumination on a sign. This definition does not include a scoreboard.

Any vehicle with commercial logos, names, and/or messages covering more than four square feet parked at a location other than the business location for that specific business and/or entity on the vehicle or that of a client during the performance of work and/or business-related activities, which is not at one of those locations for longer than 24 hours, shall be considered a mobile sign.

Any sign containing informative contents or advertising a product, service, business, or activity sold, located or conducted elsewhere than on the premises on which the sign is located. The word "off-premises sign" includes but is not limited to billboards. Directional, warning and/or other signs posted by officials in the course of their public duties shall not be construed as an off-premises sign.

Any sign advertising a product, service, business, message or activity sold, located or conducted on the premises on which the sign is located.

An individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, or entity. When used in penalty provision, person shall include members of such partnership, the trustees of such trust, and the officers and/or members of such organization, association, corporation, or entity.

A temporary sign relating to the election of a person to a public office or a political party or a matter to be voted upon at an election by the general electorate or public.

A descriptive word to include all improvements, buildings, structures and land on or within a lot.

Signs relating to the oversight and control of real estate, including signs containing the message "No Trespassing," "Private Property," "No Hunting or Fishing," "Posted," "Private Drive" or similar type signs.

An on-premises sign that extends away from the building and/or structure to which it is attached.

A temporary sign indicating the sale, rental or lease of premises on which the sign is placed.

A freestanding sign capable of being readily moved or relocated and advertises products, services, and/or commodities of the business and located on the premises of said business or commercial establishment. A sandwich board sign may only be placed outside the building and/or structure of the business or commercial establishment during business hours of the business or commercial establishment.

A scoreboard is an on-premises sign designed to provide information to spectators at athletic events that may or may not contain advertising message or public service announcements located inside an enclosed athletic field located at a property owned by a municipal entity or owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation engaged in providing recreation facilities to the community.

Any object, device, display, figure, painting, drawing, message, poster, structure, or other thing, or part thereof, situated outdoors or indoors, which is designed, intended, or used to advertise, identify, display, direct, inform or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, design, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination or projected images. Excluded from this definition of signs are national or state flags, window displays, scoreboards, or the official governmental announcements or proclamations.

The area of all lettering, wording and accompanying designs and symbols, together with the background on which they are displayed, but excluding any supporting framework and bracing which are solely incidental to the display itself, provided that the same do not contain any such lettering, wording, designs, or symbols. For the purpose of this chapter, sign area shall be computed as a square or rectangle drawn at the outer limits of the sign face.

The part of the sign area that is or can be used to identify, advertise and communicate information for visual representation which attracts the attention of the public for any purpose. This definition shall include any background material, panel, trim and color used that differentiates the sign from the building or structure on which it is placed. The sign structure shall not be included, provided that no message, display or symbol is designed and included as part of the structure.

The distance from the highest portion of the sign, including all structural elements, to mean grade.

An on-premises sign which advertises the services of professionals or building trades during construction or alteration of the premises. Any such sign shall be removed within two days of said professional completing his work on premises.

A sign that is located on premises and/or off premises which advertises a sale of personal items of an individual located at a residence within the Borough.