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-13- shaped signs shall be the maximum area visible from any point as measured across the diameter. (4) ATTACHED SIGN: Any sign attached to, applied on, or supported by, any part of a building or accessory structure. (5) AUTOMATIC CHANGING SIGN: A sign which automatically changes the sign copy on a preprogrammed cycle through the use of illumination. (6) COMMUNITY INFORMATION SIGN: Any sign which promotes items of general interest to the community such as time, temperature, date, atmospheric conditions, and upcoming noncommercial events or charitable causes. (7) COPY: The letters, numbers, symbols, or geometric shapes, either in permanent or changeable form, on the surface of a sign. ( B) ELECTRIC SIGN: A sign connected to an electric power source for any purpose. ( 9) ERECT: To construct, reconstruct, install, attach, or paint a sign. (10) FACADE: A side of a building or accessory structure which consists of a separate architectural elevation as viewed horizontally from the ground, street, or other nearby location. The area of a facade is defined by the outer limits of all of its visible exterior elements. Separate faces of a building oriented in the same direction or within 45 degrees of each other shall be considered part of the same facade. (11) FREESTANDING SIGN: Any sign affixed to the ground, or mounted on a fence or wall which is not an integral part of a building or accessory structure. (12) HEIGHT: The vertical distance between the highest part of the sign or its supporting structure, whichever is higher, and either of the following: a. In the highway corridor, the elevation of the crown of the nearest portion of the highway other than service or access roads from which the sign is intended to be seen; or, b. In all other locations, the greatest elevation of the ground at the base of, or below, the sign. (13) HIGHWAY CORRIDOR: All property located within 350 feet of a right-of-way line of any divided highway having at least 4 lanes where the speed limit is the maximum allowed by federal or state law, but not including any property classified by the zoning ordinance as a residential district, or designated by the adopted Master Plan as future residential land use in the extraterritorial jurisdiction. (14) IDENTIFICATION SIGN: A sign containing the name, address, and recognized symbol or logo of a subdivision, building or complex of buildings containing multiple occupancies, or of any non-profit, civic, religious, educational, or governmental institution. Identification signs for multiple occupancies may also contain the names, addresses, and recognized symbol or logo of two or more of the individual tenants or businesses. (l5) ILLUMINATED OR LIT SIGN: A sign exposed to artificial lighting by light sources located on or in the sign, or specifically directed toward the sign.