Sign Ordinance Adopted 06-04-2012 - City of Deltona, Florida

Secondary well field protection zone: land area surrounding the primary well field protection zone, andextending a radial distance of 800 feet from said primary well field protection zone.Self-service laundry: premises where equipment for washing and drying laundry is made available toretail customers for a charge. It is synonymous with "Laundromat."Self-support tower: communication tower that is constructed without guy wires and ground anchors,including lattice towers.Semi-cutoff: A semi-cutoff outdoor lighting fixture emits no more than five percent of its light above 90degrees and 20 percent above 80 degrees from horizontal. (A standard IESNA definition)Service area: that portion of a loading area where goods are transferred from the truck into the buildingbeing served.Sexually oriented business: physical contact establishment, escort service, or escort agency operated forcommercial or pecuniary gain, regardless of whether such business is licensed under this chapter.Shopping center: premises containing a group of commercial establishments planned, developed andorganized as a unit.Sidewalk or sandwich sign: movable sign not secured or attached to the ground.Sign:1. Is any structure that is regulated or specifically exempted from regulation by the Deltona SignOrdinance.2. A device or representation for visual communication that is used for the purpose of bringing itssubject to the attention of the general public. Signs do not include the following (unless they areused as attention-getting device):(a) Flags of nations, or an organization of nations, states and cities, fraternal, religious and civicorganizations.(b) Merchandise, pictures, models or projects incorporated in a window display.(c) National, state, religious, fraternal, professional and civic symbols or crests of less than threesquare feet.(d) Works of art that in no way identify a project or business, and do not serve a commercialpurpose as advertising or as an attention-getting device.(e) Holiday and seasonal decorations.Sign area: the square foot area enclosed by the perimeter of the sign face. When a sign is composed ofletters only, the sign area is the area of the smallest rectangles needed to enclose all letters. See also "Areaof sign."Sign face (a.k.a. copy face): part of the sign that is or can be used for communication purposes.Sign Height: vertical distance measured from the finished grade to the highest point of the structureSign, neon: sign including luminous gas-filled tubes formed into text, symbols or decorative elementsand directly visible from outside the sign cabinet.Simulated gambling device: a mechanically or electronically operated machine, network, system, ordevice that is intended to be used by an entrant to a game promotion, sweepstakes, drawing, raffle, or anygame of chance and that is capable of displaying a simulated gambling display on a screen or othermechanism.Ordinance No. 04-2012 Adopted June 4, 2012 Page 54 LDC Section 70-30