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Sign - Directional. A sign erected on public or private property which bears the address and/or name of a business, institution, church or other use of activity plus directional arrows or information on location. Sign - Informational. Any sign giving information to employees, visitors or delivery vehicles, but containing no advertising or identification. Gas price signs may be considered an informational sign above the size limitations imposed within the respective zoning district. District Signage - The Public District allows for signage to be installed up to 32 square feet. This again is separate from Directional/Information signage. This would be the typical freestanding or wall signage that identifies the name of the institution, church, business, etc. that is visible to the general public. "R-1" and "R-2" Residential Districts, and “P” Public District: a. Institutional or area identification signs (monument type only), provided that the gross square footage of sign area does not exceed twenty-four (24) square feet in the “R-1” and “R-2 Districts, and thirty-two (32) square feet in the “P” District. If the sign is freestanding, the height shall not exceed eight (8) feet. Sign - Institutional. A sign which identifies the name and other characteristics of a public or semi-public institution on the site where the sign is located. Sign - Area Identification. A freestanding sign which identifies the name of a single or two- family residential subdivision consisting of twenty (20) or more lots; a residential planned unit development; multiple residential complex consisting of three (3) or more structures; an office or business structure containing three (3) or more independent operations; a single business consisting of three (3) or more separate structures existing on individual platted lots or as a planned unit development; or any integrated combination of the above. Said sign shall be limited only to the identification of an area or complex and shall not, unless approved by the City Council, contain the name of individual owners or tenants. An area identification sign shall contain no advertising. With the current signage installed, Northeast Metro has zero square feet of signage as Directional/Informational and 23 square feet of Public District signage already. Staff is recommending the City Council discuss the request from Northeast Metro Intermediate School District 916 to allow a directional sign up to 31 square feet to be installed on the north elevation.