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Subd. 2. Sil!n Lil!htinl!. . A. Not Permitted. The sign is neither lighted internally nor has a specific source of light directed at it. It depends on the general illumination in the area for its lighting. B. External. The sign is illuminated by means of external light fixtures directed at the sign. c. Internal. The sign is illuminated by a light source located inside of the sign. Only the letters or other symbols are illuminated within an opaque background. This includes neon and or channel letter signs. D. Backlit. The message is applied to a translucent panel, through which light is directed from a source behind the sign face, illuminating the copy and background of the sign. 333.9 Allocation of Permitted Sil!n Type and Area and Provisions for Multi-Tenant Developments and Sites. In multi tenant buildings or sites the permitted sign area and sign types, except for permitted freestanding signs, may be installed by each individual business establishment that has exclusive use of some portion of the street or otherwise primary level of the building and direct access to the outside. Tenants located on the street or other wise primary level in a center with a common mall or atrium shall be considered to have direct access to the outside for the purpose of this section. The management and ownership of any business establishment proposing to install signage must be separate and distinct from the management and ownership of any other establishment in the same building or on the same building lot. Each establishment must be separated from all other . establishments by party walls having no openings or passages. Signage for establishments occupying a multi tenant building or site, but not located on the street or primary level of the building must be provided from the allocation of sign area and type to the occupants of the street or primary level ofthe building. Only one freestanding sign is permitted for each development or parcel whether occupied by a single or by multiple tenants. In the case of multiple tenant sites, the permitted freestanding sign area in Section 333.8 "Table One Standards by Sign District" for the single permitted freestanding sign must be allocated by the owner of the site among its tenants. 333.10 Temporary Sil!ns. Temporary signs, including streamers and pennants, are permitted for a total of 30 days per calendar year. Freestanding Temporary Signs are permitted only in districts (on the matrix) where freestanding signs are permitted and freestanding temporary signs are not permitted when a permanent freestanding sign is located on the same lot. The area of any temporary sign shall be one half that allowed in Section 333.8 for a permanent sign of that type in that district. 333.11 Sil1.n Standard Adjustments. Adjustments to the requirements and standards for the height, number, type, lighting, area or location of a sign or signs established by this ordinance may be approved through the Site Plan Review process if the following qualifying criteria of A or B, and the necessary criteria of C, are met: A. There are site conditions which require a sign adjustment to allow the sign to be . reasonably visible from a street immediately adjacent to the site; Or, Ordinance 333 Page 6