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TOWN OF VERNON
ZONING REGULATIONS
2.103 Separating Distance: The straight line measured from the building or enclosure within
a building housing a regulated use to the nearest point of a building or enclosure within a
building housing another regulated use.
2.104 Server of Alcoholic Beverages: An establishment, which serves alcoholic beverages
as defined in the Connecticut Liquor Control Act for consumption on the premises,
including but not limited to such uses as restaurants, bars, grills, taverns, and clubs.
2.105 Sign: Any sign or device and all parts thereof which are used to advertise products,
goods, services or otherwise promote the sale or rental of objects or identify objects for
sale or for rent or the occupancy or use of any land, structure or building. Excludes
interior signs visible from the exterior. For the purpose of this definition and these
regulations, the word “sign” does not include the flag, pennant, or insignia of any nation,
state, city or other political unit, or official traffic control signs, or notices required by law.
2.106 Sign, Advertising
2.106.1 Off-premises, Billboard, Outdoor Advertising: A sign which directs
attention to a business, business, commodity, service, or activity which is generally sold,
offered or conducted elsewhere than upon the premises where such sigh is located.
2.106.2 Message Board: A sign that identifies and/or promotes the sale of specific
products or services and/or sales prices; a sign that provides sales information about a
business, product, or service; a sign that presents information in addition to the
identification, location, and nature of a business at a specific location.
2.106.3 Menu Board: A sign that identifies specific products or services that me be
ordered and ordered and obtained at a retail facility, including sales at a service window.
2.107 Sign, Face: A sign face is a plane defined by the continuous perimeter enclosing the
extreme limits of the message or messages of the sign, including other representation or
material or color lying within said plan that draws attention to a message or messages.
However, such perimeter shall not include any structural elements lying outside the limits
of such a sign and not forming an integral part of the display.
2.108 Sign, Double Faced: A sign with two faces, neither face exceeding the maximum area
allowed for the district in which it is located, and where the faces are mounted back to
back not more than 18” apart and parallel.
2.109 Sign, Multiple Faced: A sign with two or more faces, except double- faced sign.
2.110 Sign, Single Faced: A sign with one face.
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