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sign Ordinance Discussion 12/9/92 Page 3 percentage is acceptable, but the extreme case of glass buildings was not considered. The attached drawings show this 25% rule in practice (25% Rule, No Limit) in three examples, assuming 10% standard wall signage: a building with very little windows, a building with a modest amount of windows, and a building facade almost entirely composed of glass. Clearly, the bottom drawing would not be an acceptable situation. The next drawing (25% Rule, Limited to Half) illustrates an option to the unlimited 25% rule: allowing window signage to be 25% of the window area, but only up to an area equal to half the allowable wall signage for the building. This would place a reasonable cap on the total amount of windów signage, but would still allow a building to have its maximum allowable wall signage plus some window signage. It would also discourage large amounts of window signage in lieu of wall signage, since window signage would be limited to half the wall signage allowance. This would encourage putting at least some of a building's allowable signage in wall signage, which would be more permanent and probably more attractive than temporary window signage, which typically are made of paper or thin plastic. Ordinance language to implement this idea might be as follows: 14.190. window Siqns. Signs placed inside a building for the purpose of viewing from the exterior of less than 36 inches from a window area shall not occupy more than 25% or the window area from which they are viewed, nor more than one half the area allowed by this Code for wall signage on the building facade, and shall not block the visibility into the building from a public street to the clerk or cashier's area. Leqa1 Issues. Finally, we have attached a copy of our recent letter to city Attorney Bob Bell aSking for clarification on certain issues related to Roseville's sign Ordinance. As noted in the letter, some recent court cases have raised questions about billboards, removal of non-conforming signs, and the display of flags. Summaries of the court cases are attached to the letter. We hope to have Attorney Bell's comments in time for the meeting.