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standards apply: f ~1} Street fronta e. ,Except as otherwise provided, the l ~m~ tats ons on numbers of s ~ gns permitted an a devel opment site i s based on the development site having only one street front- age. Development sites fronting on two or more streets are allowed the number of signs permitted fvr each street front- age. However, the total number of signs that are oriented toward a particu]ar street may not exceed the portion of the development site's total sign al 1 ocati on that i s derived from the frontage on that street. ~2} Perimeter walls. The exterior wall of a building shall be measured at the floor 1 evel of each floor, including the ground fl oar. Al caves, entryways and extruding porti vns shall be treated by measuring through such areas as though al ang the flat wal 1 of a bu i 1 d i ng . The 1 ength of each peri - meter wail shall be the average of the floor lengths on that wall . See figure 14} . ~3} Back-to-back si n area. When two sign faces support- ed by the same sign structure are placed back-to-back, the sign surface area shall be the area of the 1 arger sign . As used herein, back-to-back means signs which face in opposite direc- tions and are parallel ar form an angle of no greater than 30 degrees, ~4} Si n area. The area of all sign elements which together convey a si ngl e, complete message shall be combined and considered as a s i ngl a sign . The area of a s i gn face shall be the entire area of each sign element included within a single, continuous perimeter which encloses the extreme limits of a sign, except for trim or structural elements ly- ing outside all portions of the sign devoted to display, and i n no case passes through or between any adjacent elements of the sign. Irregularly shaped signs or elements of a sign shall be measured in increments of one foot. See Figure 15} ~fi} Rotating signs. For rotating signs, each side or element cantyaining d~~~sp~ay copy shall be counted in the total allowable sign area. ~d} Location standards. ~ 1 } Setbacks . Al 1 signs shat 1 comp1 y with the setback requ~ cements of the zone ng ordinance. ~2} Obstruction rohibited. No sign shall be constructed which substantially obstructs the view of another sign face when the other sign i s viewed from a di stance of 200 feet along the closest pubic right-of-way. ~3} Pra'ectin over the ubl is wa , Except as specified ~ n section 9.1033 ~ Central Commercial Sign District} , no pri - vately owned sign may project over any pub1 is right-of-way. fie} Construction standards. ~ 1 } C1 earance. The minimum clearance of all signs pro- ~ect~ng over a pedestrian way shall be eight feet except that where a marquee projects more than two-thirds of the distance from the property line to the curb, the minimum clearance shall be 12 feet. ~Z} Rotatin sins. No sign shall rotate or have a ro- Ord i nonce - 12