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elsewhere no more than 1 ground or pale-mount sign having not <br /> more than 2 sign surface areas, each limited[0 20 0 square feet, may <br /> be erected on any 1 lot. <br /> 9.10 Computation of Sion Ares <br /> a) The surface area of a sign shall be computed by including the entire <br /> area within a single, continuous, rectilinear perimeter of not more than <br /> eight straight lines, or a circle or an eclipse,enclosing the extreme <br /> limits of the writing, representation, emblem or other display,together <br /> with any material or color forming an Integral part of the backgrouM <br /> of the display or used to dmerential the sign from the backdrop or <br /> strontium against which it is placed, but not including any supporting <br /> framework or bracing that is clearly incidental to the display itself. <br /> b) If the sign consists of more than one section or module, all of the <br /> including that between sections or modules, shall be included in <br /> the computation of the sign area <br /> c) With respect to three dimensional or mul&adix! signs, the surface <br /> area shall be computed by including the total of all sides designed <br /> either to attmM attention or communicate information. <br /> d) The sign surface area of any sign located on the wall of a stricture <br /> where the closest element of the sign is at least sixty feet from the <br /> street center line shall be computed by multiplying the true sign <br /> surface area subsection 9.9(a)by 0.5, <br /> 9.11 Permitted Signs <br /> Amended <br /> 113184 SEE TABLE 9.11 PERMITTED SIGNS, SIZE NUMBER, HEIGHT,AND <br /> LOCATION OF <br /> 9.12 Miscellaneous Requirements <br /> a) If a lot has bandage on more than l streal, then the doter sign surface <br /> area permitted on that lot shall be the sum of the sign surface area <br /> allotments related to each street(as determined in accordance with <br /> district in which the lad has fronage). However, the total sign surface <br /> area that is oriented toward a particular street may not exceed the <br /> portion of the IM's total sign surface area allocation that is dial <br /> from frontage on that street. <br /> b) Signs for home occupations shall not exceed l per lot and 4 square <br /> feet per sign in the R-1 and AR districts. The size in all other <br /> residential districts shall not exceed 2 square feet, <br /> c) Outdoor advertising signs shall be considered principal uses of land <br /> and shall not have other principal uses on the same lot. <br />