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(1) Where a developed parcel has In ex- cess of three hundred feet of street frontage, one additional free-standing sign may be erected for each addi- tional three hundred feet of street frontage in excess of the first three hundred feet of street frontage abut- ting the developed portion of said parcel. (see Fig, 1). 1 (2) Where a developed parcel is permitted to have more than one free-standing sign under these regulations, the distance between said free-standing signs on each parcel shall be not less than 300 feet. (3) Subject to provisions of Section 5 of this Code, the total area of all free-standing signs on each parcel shall not exceed one square foot of sign area for 8ach linear foot of street frontage of the deveioped portion of said parcel. (b) No free-standing sign shall be located nearer than five feet to an interior property line. (Fig. 2). Figure 2 (c) One wall or facia sign indicating only the name and nature of the occupancy, for each occupancy within the developed parcel. Said sign shall not exceed a total area of three square feet of copy for each linear foot of building occupancy or that area of copy per- mitted in Section 5.3, whichever is the lesser. If such occupancy is on a corner, one wall sign will be permitted for each face. If the building includes a canopy, each tenant will be permitted one under canopy sign in conformity with Section 5.6. (d) No free-slanding sign shall exceed the height or area established by Tabie 1, Section 5.1. No height limit is specified for signs placed flat against the wall of a building, painted on the wall 01 a building or for other attached signs provided all other provisions 01 this Code are compiied with. (e) With the exception of a free-standing sign, a sign may be located within or proje5\,in~ required front or street sldeyard set-back area, If the set-back area exceeds -li>ffl. leet. However, no sign may project into or over an abutting public right-of-way except as other- wise provided for in this Code. (f) Free-standing signs shall be located so as to provide and maintain the same front and street sideyard set-backs as that required for a building on the same parcel. NOTE: Shopping center and highway commercial zones vary from city to city from very brief pocket zones to strip zones many blocks in length. Off-premise signage, therefore, would be suitable in some communities and not in others and must be assessed on an individual basis by city authorities in consultation with outdoor advertising people. 19