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18.08.485 <br />for vehicle chassis, engine and drive train <br />is performed by the service station operator <br />and where minor repair to motor vehicles <br />may be performed. (Ord. 1690 § 2, 1996; <br />Ord. 1494 § 2, 1991; Prior Code § 2- <br />5.27(g)) <br />18.08.490 Sign: <br />"Sign" means any lettering or symbol <br />made of cloth, metal, paint, paper, wood or <br />other material of any kind whatsoever <br />placed for advertising, identification, or <br />other purposes on the ground or on any <br />bush, tree, rock, wall, post, fence, building, <br />structure, vehicle, or on any place whatso- <br />ever. The term "placed" shall include con- <br />structing, erecting, posting, painting, print- <br />ing, tacking, nailing, gluing, sticking, carv- <br />ing, or otherwise fastening, affixing, or <br />making visible in any manner whatsoever <br />beyond the boundaries of a site. (Prior <br />Code § 2-5.28(a)) <br />18.08.495 Sign Area: <br />"Sign area" means the area of a sign <br />shall be computed as the entire area within <br />a single continuous rectilinear perimeter or <br />not more than eight (8) straight lines en- <br />closing the extreme limits of writing, rep- <br />resentation, emblem, or design, together <br />with any material or color forming an inte- <br />gral part of the display or used to differen- <br />tiate the sign from the background against <br />which it is placed. Sign supports shall not <br />be included in determining sign area unless <br />they are an integral part of the display. The <br />area of a sign or the total area of all signs <br />on a site shall be the total area that would <br />be visible, whether legible or not, to an off- <br />site observer having an unobstructed view <br />of the site from any single point within a <br />horizontal distance of one hundred feet <br />(100') from the site boundary at an eleva- <br />tion not more than one hundred feet (100') <br />above the site boundary. (Prior Code § 2- <br />5.28(b)) <br />18.08.500 Sign, Subdivision: <br />"Subdivision sign" means any sign lo- <br />cated either on or off a subdivision tract <br />which indicates the direction to or adver- <br />tises the location, existence, or sale of a <br />subdivision or any part thereof. (Prior <br />Code § 2-5.28(c)) <br />18.08.505 Single Ownership: <br />"Single ownership" means holding re- <br />cord title, possession under a contract to <br />purchase, or possession under a lease, by a <br />person, firm, corporation or partnership, <br />individually, jointly, in common, or in any <br />other manner whereby the property is or <br />will be under unitary or unified control. <br />(Prior Code § 2-5.28(d)) <br />18.08.510 Site Area: <br />"Site area" means the total horizontal <br />area included within the property lines of a <br />site, exclusive of the area of access corri- <br />dors, streets, portions of the site within fu- <br />ture street plan lines; provided, however, <br />all lots in subdivisions with acute angles <br />less than forty-five degrees (45°) formed <br />by adjacent sides shall be discouraged by <br />the Planning Commission at the time of <br />tentative map approval. (Prior Code § 2- <br />5.29(a)) <br />18.08.515 Site Or Lot: <br />"Site" or "lot" means a parcel of land or <br />a portion thereof, considered as a unit, de- <br />voted to or intended for a use or occupied <br />488-5 (Pleasanton Sapp. No. 19, 9-07) <br />