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lighting is directed at any portion of a traveled street or will otherwise cause glare or impair the vision of the driver of a motor vehicle or otherwise interfere with the operation thereof. Exterior illumination shall be top mounted and shielded to aim light downward only. (c) Illumination from signs on nonresidential property. Illumination resulting from all signs and lighting on any property in anon- residential zone shall not exceed 2 foot candles at a height of 5 feet when measured at any point on property in a residential zone. External illumination shall be shielded so that the light source elements are not directly visible from property in a residential zone which is adjacent to or across a street from the property in the non - residential zone. (d) Illumination from sins on residentially zonedpropertv. No internally illuminated sign shall be allowed on property in a residential zone. Ordinance - 241 public right -of -way. (d) Vision Clearance. Signs must comply with vision standards where vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian travel intersect as specified in EC 9.6780 Vision Clearance Area. (See also EC 9.6255 Vision Clearance Area Landscaping.) (5) Construction Standards. (a) Structural Design. Signs shall comply with adopted state building codes. (b) Clearance over pedestrian way. The minimum clearance of all signs projecting over a pedestrian way shall be 8 feet except that where a marquee projects more than 2/3 of the distance from the property line to the curb, the minimum clearance shall be 12 feet. (c) Clearance over vehicle use area. The minimum clearance of all signs projecting over any portion of a vehicle use area shall be 16 feet. Bollards or other physical barriers capable of protecting all portions of the sign projecting over the vehicle use area maybe used to satisfy this standard. (d) Rotatin�si ns. No sign shall rotate or have a rotating or moving part or parts that revolve at a speed in excess of 2 revolutions per minute. Readerboard signs shall not rotate. (e) Roof sins. Roof signs shall be mounted so that the bottom of the roof sign is not more than 1 foot above the surface of the roof or parapet wall at the sign location. (f) Wall sins. Wall signs shall project a maximum of 12 inches when the wall sign is more than 8 feet above grade and a maximum of 4 inches when the wall sign is less than 8 feet above grade. (6) Illumination Standards. (a) Maximum exposed illumination. No single light source element which exceeds 15 watts shall be used in connection with a sign or to illuminate a sign in a way which exposes the face of the bulb, light or lamp when viewed from a public street. (b) Glare reduction. No sign shall be illuminated or use lighting where such lighting is directed at any portion of a traveled street or will otherwise cause glare or impair the vision of the driver of a motor vehicle or otherwise interfere with the operation thereof. Exterior illumination shall be top mounted and shielded to aim light downward only. (c) Illumination from signs on nonresidential property. Illumination resulting from all signs and lighting on any property in anon- residential zone shall not exceed 2 foot candles at a height of 5 feet when measured at any point on property in a residential zone. External illumination shall be shielded so that the light source elements are not directly visible from property in a residential zone which is adjacent to or across a street from the property in the non - residential zone. (d) Illumination from sins on residentially zonedpropertv. No internally illuminated sign shall be allowed on property in a residential zone. Ordinance - 241