Signage Education – Sign Code Definitions Winter Park FL

Some of the common descriptions for types of signs in Winter Park, FL

Awning means a shelter that extends from a building that is normally supported entirely from the exterior wall of a building and composed of nonrigid materials (such as canvas) except for the supporting framework.

Bulletin board sign means a sign detailing the name, address and number of a building or institution, as well as the names and occupations of the various businesses or occupants that reside on that property.

Canopy (or marquee) means a permanent, roof-like shelter extending from part or all of a building face over a sidewalk or public right-of-way, and constructed of some durable material such as wood, metal, glass or plastic.

Changing sign means a sign such as an electronically or electrically controlled public service time, temperature and date sign, message center or reader board, where different copy changes are shown on the same lamp bank.

Flashing sign means any directly or indirectly illuminated sign which exhibits intermittent or flashing natural or artificial light or color effects by any means whatsoever. Automatic changing signs such as public service time, temperature and date signs or electronically controlled message centers are classed as changing signs, not flashing signs.

Ground sign means a sign affixed to the ground and supported by poles, uprights, or braces extending from the ground or a permanently mounted object on the ground but not attached to any part of any building.

Identification sign means a sign which is limited to the name, address and number of a building or institution and to the activity carried on in the building or institution, or the name of the occupant.

Outdoor advertising sign means any offsite sign, or sign which is not displayed as accessory to another activity on the same premises.

Portable sign means any sign that is not permanently affixed to a building, structure, or the ground.

Premises means a lot (parcel) in fee simple ownership as otherwise used in article III of this chapter.

Projecting sign means a sign other than a wall sign which projects from a wall and is supported by a wall.