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Moving sign. Any sign, sign appendages, or apparatus designed or made to move <br />by an electrical or mechanical device. <br />Nameplate. Any sign showing only the name and address of the owner or occupant <br />of the premises on which it is erected. <br />Natural Grade is the average grade of the property located within the front <br />setback, prior to the addition of artificial grade increases such as berms, retaining <br />walls, or elevated landscape beds. <br />Nuisance sign. Any sign or billboard which annoys and disturbs one in possession <br />of his property, rendering its ordinary use or occupation physically uncomfortable <br />to him, or which is illuminated to an intensity to cause glare or brightness to a <br />degree that could constitute a hazard or nuisance. Nuisance signs shall include, but <br />not be limited to, the following: <br />(1) Signs containing statements, words, or pictures of an obscene, indecent, <br />or immoral character, such as will offend public morals or decency. <br />(2) Signs which imitate an official traffic sign or signal, or which contain the <br />words 'stop,' 'go slow,' 'caution,' 'danger,' 'warning,' or similar words. <br />(3) Signs which are of a size, location, movement, content, coloring, or <br />manner of illumination which may be confused with or construed as a <br />traffic control device, which hide from view any traffic or street sign or <br />signal, or which obstruct the view in any direction at a street or road <br />intersection. <br />(4) Signs which are moving, flashing, intermittently lighted, changing color, <br />beacons, revolving, or similarly constructed, except as otherwise <br />permitted in this Chapter. <br />(5) Signs that are unsafe or unsecured, abandoned, or maintained in a <br />dilapidated condition. <br />Off- premise sign. A sign other than a billboard as defined herein, including the <br />supporting structure, that advertises products or services not sold, manufactured <br />or distributed on the premises on which the sign is located. The following shall not <br />be considered off - premise signs: <br />(1) Directional or government signs authorized by law. <br />(2) Real estate signs. <br />(3) On- premise signs. <br />Page 5 of 36 <br />