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8.640 Outl in Commercial District. Areas in this district are usually designated neighborhood or community commercial, or strip ar street- or~ented commercial ~n the Metropolitan Area General P1 an. They are approach- ed primarily by car at city arterial speeds. The businesses are not neces- sarily under one management so all the regulations applied to the integrated shopping district cannot be used. Projecting signs are allowed for each business, but Wane is as large as the single primary sign for an rote rated g shopping center. The brightness, intensity and location standards in these areas are intended to protect the surrounding residential areas. The follow- ing signs shall be permitted on properties located within areas desi Hated as g "outlying Commercial District" on the Sign District Map: ~a} General. A11 signs shall be subject to the following prov~s~ons: 1. No illumination shall be permitted which provides more than five foot candles at any abutting residential dis- trict property line at a height of five feet. 2. Light from an illuminated sign adjacent to residen- tial property shall be so shaded, shielded or directed that the light intensity or brightness will not be a nuisance, and shall be turned off between 10:00 p.m. and 6:0o a.m.. Light- ing from all light sources other than street lights and natur- al sources, shall be so shaded, shielded or directed that the light intensity or brightness will not be a nuisance, and shall be turned off, or reduced to not more than two foot candles at the closest street or business property line be- tween the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.; except that, if the premises are open for business after 10:00 p.m., the 1~ght~ng shall be reduced as above at the close of business. 3. A11 signs shall be located to comply with all yard and special setback requirements of the zoning ordinance. 4. Where only one of several separate businesses is on a street frontage, or where two or more businesses elect to use a single sign or locate their separate signs at a single location, one s7gn, pole-mounted or roof-mounted, not over 20 feet ~n height shall be allowed in addition to the signs per- mitted in section 8.64o~b} except that only one pole-mounted sign for each development site for each street frontage is allowed. Such signs shall not exceed 20o square feet in sur- face area for one face and 400 square feet for two or more faces far a single over-all sign for all businesses served or 40 square feet in surface area for one face and 80 square feet for two ar more faces for each business if separate signs are used at a si ng1 e location. fib} Indoor businesses. The fo1lowin si ns shall be er- g g p matted: 1. One of the following signs on each separate business occupancy, as allowed below: a. One wall sign, the surface area of which shall be limited to not more than 1.5 square feet far each lineal foot of building wall. Each wall of a building facing to a public street shall be considered separately. Regardless of the sign area per lineal foot of building wall allowed, each separate business establishment shall Ordinance - 9