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PUBLIC UTILITY:	Any	person,	fLnn, corporation, municipal department, or
board duly authorized under state or municipal regulations to furnish such public services as electricity, gas, water, sewer, telephone, telegraph, transportation, or other public utility services to its subscribers or customers.
QUARRY:	A lot or parcel of land or part thereof used for the purpose of
extracting stone, sand, gravel, or soil for sale.
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE:	The boundary line between a railroad or a street and
abutting property.
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES:	Country	clubs,	riding	stables,	golf	courses,	swim-
ming pools, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other non-commercial recreation areas and facilities.
REST HONES:	The	rooming	or	boarding of any aged or convalescent persons,
whether ambulatory or non-ambulatory, for which a license is required by a city, county, state or federal agency.
SETBACK LINE:	The	distance	from	the center line of a street to the nearest
point of a building, excluding uncovered porches.
SEMI-PUBLIC BODY:	Includes	churches and organizations such as non-commercial
clubs and lodges, theatre groups, recreational and neighborhood associations, and cultural activities operating as a non-profit activity and serving a public purpose.
SIGN:	Any device or display consisting of letters, numbers symbols, pictures,
illustrations, announcements, cutouts, insignia, trademarks, or demonstrations, designed to advertise, inform, identify or to attract attention of persons not on the premises on which the devise is located and is visible from any public way. A sign shall be construed to be a single display surface or device containing elements organized, related, and composed to form a single unit. In cases where material is displayed in a random or unconnected manner without organized relationship of the components, each component or element shall be considered to be a single sign. A projecting or ground sign with sign surface on both sides of such sign shall be construed as a single sign, and the total area of such sign shall be the area computed on a single surface.
SIGN, BUSINESS:	An	attached	or	free	standing	stincture on which is announced
the business, use of the premises and/or the name of the operator of the bus iness.
SIGJ, GROUND:	A	sign	which	is	supported	by structures or supports in or
upon the ground and independent of support from any building.
SIGN, OUTDOOR ADVERTISING:	Signs	erected	aid	maintained	by	an	advertising
business or service in the form of a ground, wall, or roof sign, upon which advertising matter may De displayed, generally advertising goods and services not sold or available on the premises on which the sign is located. These


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