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accordance with and approved by the Indiana State Board of Health (see regulation HSE 14, Indiana State Board of Health). OTHER PERMITTED USES: Non-residential occupancy, mobile homes, trailers, or vans may be utilized as contractors' offices, watchmen's shelters or tool and equipment storage only on the site and only during the period of active construction of improvement projects. Other use of mobile home and manufactured housing not meeting the requirements set out above shall be permitted only upon the granting of a special exception by the Board of Zoning Appeals as provided for in this ordinance. SECTION 3.6 - SIGNS AND ADVERTISING STRUCTURES I. DEFINITIONS: "Sign" means any structure which advertises a product or activity that is available on the property on which the structure is located. "Fixed sign" means any sign, whether stationary or portable, which is not attached to a building. "Advertising structure" means any outdoor structure that advertises a product, event or activity not connected with the property on which the structure is located. II. PURPOSE AND INTENT The Town of Mooresville recognizes that signs are a major means of outdoor advertising for local businesses and provide directions and other information for drivers and pedestrians. The Town also recognizes that signage significantly affects the quality of our visual environment. The goals of this sign ordinance are therefore to: 1. Promote conscientious use of signs by local businesses, government bodies and other entities to permit maximum legibility and effectiveness of signs, 2. Prevent over-concentration, excessive size and improper placement of signs in order to promote an atmosphere of small town charm with positive esthetics. III. GENERAL PROVISIONS A. GENERAL REQLqREMENTS Signs and advertising structures may be maintained in the districts where such uses are permitted after having secured an Improvement Location Permit approving the location, size and design of said sign or advertising structure except in the case where said sign or advertising structure is specifically excluded from the requirements of an Improvement Location Permit by the provisions of this section, subject to the following general requirements: 1. Signs and advertising structures shall conform to the regulations for this district in which they are located, as established by this section. 48.