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05/07/2007 or legal duty or function. This section applies to and includes signs whose function is to provide legal notice or functional information such as traffic signs, public transit signs, utility company signs, public restroom signs, warning signs and signs placed by a public agency for the purpose of guiding persons to emergency centers and places of public interest. Sec. 3.83. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SIGN: When a legal land use is occupied by one or more individuals providing professional services, then each individual may display one (1) sign on an exterior door, or a blade sign, subject to: maximum area: one (1) square foot. This provision does not apply to residential property or home occupations. Sec. 3.84. RESIDENTIAL SIGNAGE: Subject to the property owner's consent, each legal residential use may display signs which display any combination of noncommercial speech, real estate signs, garage sale signs, construction signs, or noncommercial flags; each sign type is subject to the rules for that type. Except where otherwise expressly provided in this Article, offsite commercial messages are prohibited. Signs advertising home occupations are prohibited. Allowable signage may be of any of the following physical types: wall, projecting, freestanding, window. Such signage may not be or located within a visibility triangle. Freestanding signs may not exceed five (5) feet in height. If the bottom three (3) feet is not solid then the free standing sign may not exceed six (6) feet in height. Wall signs may not project above the roof line. Flags may be displayed by mounting on walls, windows or on a single pole whose height does not exceed the height limit of the specific zoning district in which the flag is located. Flags are not subject to a permit requirement, but a building permit is required for flag poles which must conform to all applicable requirements of the safety codes. A. Signage for Single Family Residential Property. 1. Maximum area. Cumulative residential signage on anyone single family residential parcel may not exceed ten (10) square feet, except as otherwise provided. 2. Temporary increase durinq certain periods. The total area of all signage on a legal residential use may be increased to fifteen (15) square feet during the time period ninety (90) days before a general, special or primary election, and ten (10) days after such election. 3. Flaqs. In addition to the signage allowance, subject to the property owner's consent, each legal residential use may display any number of noncommercial flags or banners totaling not more than sixteen (16) square feet in area (measured one side only). 4. Development Entrance Siqns. Maximum height five (5) feet, maximum signage area twenty-four (24) square feet, measured one side. Atty/Ord/Ord.211 032007 22 Ord 2309 formerly Muff # 305