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PUBLIC UTILITY <br />Persons, corporations, or governments supplying gas, electric, transportation, water, sewer, or land line telephone services to the general <br />public. For the purposes of this Ordinance, commercial broadcast services and commercial wireless telecommunications services $ball <br />not be considered public utility uses and are defined separately. <br />RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT (RESIDENTIAL) <br />Play apparatus such as swing sets and slides, sand boxes, poles for net games, unoccupied boats and trailers, picnic tables, lawn chairs, <br />barbecue stands, and similar equipment. <br />SHORELAND <br />Real property immediately adjacent to and abutting but not contained within the mean high water mark of any Shoreline. <br />SHORELAND IMPACT PLAN <br />A plan detailing current and future use of Shorelands and the pot en t i a 1 impact of said uses; an assessment of current and future conditions <br />and impact on those conditions for: vegetation and trees, soil and water, human and animal habitat, natural aesthetics and environmental <br />quality. <br />SHORELAND ZONE 1 <br />All real property located within and waterward ofany Shoreline in the City of Gem Lake as detemt i ned by a federal, state, regional or local <br />regulatory agency with the authority to make such determinations. <br />SHORELAND ZONE 2 <br />All real property located within and landward fifty (50') feet of any Shoreline in the City of Gem Lake as determined by a federal, state, <br />regional or local regulatory agency with the authority to make such determinations. <br />SHORELAND ZONE 3 <br />All real property located within and landward fifty (50') feet to one hundred fifty (150� feet of any Shoreline in the City of Gem Lake <br />as determined by a federal, state, regional or local regulatory agency with the authority to make such determinations. <br />SHORELINE <br />The mean high water mark of the body of water known as Gem Lake and any lake, pond, or flowage in the City of Gem Lake as <br />determined by a federal, state, regional or local regulatory agency with the authority to make such determinations, along with all wetlands <br />attendant to each body of water. <br />SIGN -ADVERTISING <br />A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment not exclusively related to the premises where such sign <br />is located or to which it is affixed. <br />SIGN -BUSINESS <br />An identification sign which directs attention to a business, profession or corporation or to the commodity, service or entertainment sold <br />or offered on the premises where such sign is located or to which it is attached. <br />SIGN -CONSTRUCTION <br />A temporary free standing sign erected on a site denoting proposed or future construction on this particular site. This sign may indicate: <br />1) The particulars of the proposed construction, 2) the company, firm or individual for whom it is being constructed, 3) the architect, <br />engineer and contractor, and 4) rental, sales or lease information. <br />SIGN -CROSS AREA OF <br />Shall be the entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of such sign, and in no case, passing through <br />or between any adjacent elements of same. However, such perimeter shall not include any structural elements lying outside of such sign <br />and not forming an integral part of the display. <br />SIGN -ELECTRIC <br />Any sign containing electrical wiring, but not including signs illuminated by an exterior unattached light source. <br />SIGN-ENTRANCE/EXIT <br />A privately owned traffic directional sign erected on private property by the owner of such property for the purpose of guiding vehicles <br />and pedestrians. <br />SIGN -FLASHING <br />Any illuminated sign on which the artificial light is not maintained stationary or constant in intensity and color during which time such <br />sign is in use. <br />SIGN -GENERAL <br />Any object which indicates a name, identification, description, display or illustration which is affixed to or represented directly or <br />indirectly upon a building, structure, or piece of land and which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity person, institution, <br />organization or business. However, a "sign" for application of this Ordinance shall not include any display of official court or public <br />office notices or highway directional signs. <br />SIGN -GROUND MOUNTED <br />A sign supported by one or more uprights, poles or braces in or up from the ground. <br />SIGN -IDENTIFICATION <br />In a Residential Zoning District, a nameplate sign identifying a resident (Name, address and profession or occupation), school, church <br />or other non -business use. <br />b) Ina Business Zoning district, a nameplate or sign identifying the business, industry or occupant of the lot ( Name, address, business(s), <br />industry or lot occupant). <br />SIGN -ILLUMINATED <br />Any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs, or outline illuminated by electric lights or luminous tubes as a part of the sign <br />proper. <br />SIGN -MOBILE <br />A free standing sign on wheels, trailers or framework that is capable of being transported from place to place and is not permanently <br />attached to the ground or any other structure. <br />SIGN -NAMEPLATE <br />A sign indicating the name and address of a building or the name of an occupant therein. <br />SIGN -REAL ESTATE <br />A sign offering property (land and/or buildings) for sale, lease or rent. <br />SIGN -REVOLVING <br />A sign which has moving structural but does not include flashing signs that blink on and off. It does include signs which produce moving <br />effects through use of illumination. This definition shall include searchlights. <br />-7- <br />