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required setback area or public right of way, nor shall any sign be attached, <br />affixed or painted upon any utility poles, any tree, rock or other natural object <br />within the public right of way. No sign shall be permitted on the side street <br />frontage of a corner building, if such building is located within one hundred <br />feet of a Residential District. <br />9.4 Restrictions On Illumination, Etc. <br />No source of illumination on a sign, such as floodlights, spotlights, <br />unshielded bulbs, etc., shall be directly visible from any public right of way, <br />from any residential district or from adjacent premises. Animated, rotating, <br />or other moving or apparently moving installations are prohibited. <br />9.5 Signs Subiect to Control <br />Amended <br />7/5/88 <br />All signs visible from the public right of way shall be erected, maintained, <br />and operated in accordance with this ordinance and other relevant controls <br />unless specifically excepted. Any sign authorized by this ordinance may <br />contain non - commercial copy in lieu of any other copy. Signs not subject to <br />the provisions of this ordinance are listed in 9.6. <br />9.6 Signs Not Subiect To Permit Requirements <br />The following signs are not subject to the permit requirements ordinance: <br />a) Non - illuminated signs not exceeding 2 per lot and 2 square feet in <br />area, of a non - commercial nature and bearing only property <br />identification numbers and names, post office box numbers and <br />names of occupants of the premises. <br />b) Flags and insignia and signs of any government, when displayed in <br />connection with a non- commercial activity. One flag of the United <br />States displayed in connection with a commercial activity. <br />c) Legal notices, identification and informational signs and traffic <br />directional signs erected by or on behalf of a governmental body. <br />d) Integral decorative or architectural features of buildings, except <br />letters, trademarks, moving parts or moving lights. <br />e) Signs directing and guiding traffic on private property; not exceeding 4 <br />square feet each, and bearing no advertising matter. <br />1. <br />Amended 1/3/84 f) Signs, not exceeding 16 square feet in area and limited to 2 single - <br />faced signs or 1 double -faced sign at each point of egress, giving the <br />name of residential subdivisions, multiple family housing <br />-developments, or mobile home courts. <br />9 -3 <br />