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d. Enhance the aesthetic appeal of commercial streetscapes and minimize distractions to motorists by limiting the percentage of any storefront window that may be covered with signs and the combined area of signs displayed on any building facade; e. Ensure that commercial signs identify a business in an attractive and functional manner rather than primarily attracting attention to a business or advertising goods or services sold or manufactured on the premises; f. Establish procedures to allow the continued use, maintenance and repair of nonconforming historic signs that preserve locally recognized values of community appearance or that reflect unique characteristics of development; and g. Promote traffic safety by prohibiting signs that constitute a traffic hazard or obstruct the visibility of motorists, bicyclists or pedestrians. Section 3.61. Definitions. The following words and terms as used in this Article shall have the meaning respectively ascribed thereto: Section 3.61.1. A-frame Sign. A portable sign with two (2) faces connected at the top and spread apart at the bottom. Section 3.61.2. Abandoned Advertising Display. Shall mean any display remaining in place or not maintained for a period of 90 days which no longer advertises or identifies an ongoing business, product, or service available on the business premise where the display is located. Section 3.61.3. Abandoned Sign. A sign remaining in place for a period of ninety (90) days after it no longer identifies or advertises an ongoing business, product or service available on the premises where the sign is located; or that relates to a time, event, activity or purpose which has transpired. Section 3.61.4. Address Sign. A sign that displays the official address of a property or building. Section 3.61.5. Animated Sign. A sign with action or motion created by light, wind, electricity or mechanical means. Section 3.61.6. Artwork, Advertising. A work of art, supergraphics or company logo that serves to identify, advertise or attract attention to a business, person, organization, product, service activity or event. Section 3.61.7. Artwork, Decorative. A work of art displayed solely for the purpose of decoration that does not identify, advertise or attract attention to a business, product, service or activity. Examples of decorative artwork include but are not limited to statues, murals, sculptures and wooden carvings. Section 3.61.8, Audible Sign. A sign with a speaker or other sound emitting device. shared/shared/Council/Ord Signordl 6/7/99r 2'1 6 1 2