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(a) Freestanding, roof, and projecting signs shall be no more than 100 square feet for 1 face and 200 square feet for 2 or more faces. (b) Awning, marquee, under - marquee and wall signs shall be less than 200 square feet per face and less than 400 square feet for 2 or more faces. (c) The sum of the area of all signs, except under- marquee signs, shall be limited to 1.5 square feet times the number of floors in a building times the length of the building's perimeter walls. The area of wall, marquee, awning and projecting signs shall be calculated on the basis of the wall upon which the signs are located. (d) In any event, each development site without a building shall be allowed a maximum sign area of 50 square feet. (5) Maximum Height. No freestanding or roof signs may be more than 20 feet in height. (6) Special Provisions. The following signs are subject to special provisions: (a) Theaters may use readerboard signs. On theaters, there shall be no limit on the size of the readerboard sign. (b) Awnings, marquees and projecting signs may project over public rights -of -way, and shall require a revocable permit under Chapter 7 of this code. 1. Awnings and marquees may project a maximum of 7 feet into the public right -of -way. 2. Projecting signs may project a maximum of 4.5 feet into the public right -of -way. 3. No sign may project into a public right -of -way to a point within 2 feet of the vertical plane of any street (curb face), alley or driveway. 4. No sign may project into an alley clearance area. The 'Talley clearance area" is the area formed by a line drawn from the intersecting point of a sidewalk or other public way and a public alley at an angle of 30 degrees from the projection of the boundary of the alley into the intersecting public way. (See Figure 9.6670(6)(b) Projecting Sign Area.) 5. No sign may project from a building at the corner of 2 streets more than 1 foot for every 5 feet of distance from the point where the building wall on which the sign is attached would intersect the curb if that wall extended to the curb. (See Figure 9.6670(6)(b) Projecting Sign Area.) 9.6675 Highway Commercial Sign Standards. The highway commercial sign standards are hereby created and applied to all land as set forth below. Signs in this area are regulated to accommodate the mixed uses of the areas and the presence of major streets with high traffic volumes. (1) Corresponding Zones. The provisions of this section apply to that property within the S -RP Riverfront Park Special Zone located within 200 feet of the Ordinance - 248