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ORDINANCE NO. 2194 EXHIBIT A Page 26 of 28 Chapter 18.96 SIGNS 18.96.020 General provisions and requirements. No sign or display of any character shall be permitted except in conformity with the following regulations: A. Location, Height, and Size. 1. Except as permitted by Section 18.96.060(J) and (K) and Section 18.96.090 of this chapter, all signs shall be located on the same site as the use they identify, provide information about, or direct attention to. 2. Except in a C-C or MU district, no sign shall project beyond a property line. A sign projecting beyond the property line in a C-C or MU district shall be attached to a building and shall not project more than four feet from the building or closer than two feet to the curb line, and shall not exceed nine square feet in area. Projecting signs shall be limited to one for each ground floor establishment. 3. A projecting sign shall have a minimum clearance of eight feet above an area used by pedestrians, and a minimum clearance of 15 feet above an area used for vehicular movement. 4. No sign attached to a building shall project above the eaves or parapet line. 5. No sign other than a directional sign shall project more than 12 inches into a required interior side yard or a required rear yard or shall be closer to an interior side lot than the minimum width of a required side yard on the site minus 12 inches. Signs may be located in a required front yard. 6. No sign exceeding 24 square feet shall be visible from an R district unless it shall be more than 100 feet from the R district. 7. No sign shall be located so as to create a safety hazard by obstructing vision, or shall interfere with or resemble any authorized warning or traffic sign or signal. 8. No sign shall exceed 250 square feet in area. B. Illumination. 1. In an A, R, P or S district, illumination, where permitted, shall be indirect. In an 0 or MU-T district District, illumination, where permitted, shall be indirect or diffused, provided that it shall be white and that the surface brightness of a sign shall not be greater than 100 foot-lamberts. In a C , MU-D or I district direct illumination shall be permitted, provided that if exterior illumination is closer than 200 feet to the boundary of a site or interior illumination is closer than 10 feet to a window within 200 feet of the boundary of a site, no fluorescent or mercury vapor tube, or incandescent illumination exceeding 120 milliamps shall be visible beyond the boundary of the site. In a C or I district diffused illumination closer than 200 feet to the boundary of a site and visible