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Chapter 916: Signs Page 916-7 maintenance operations. The city may adopt a standard minimum design for such signs, subject to additional requirements based on the proposed location. The City Council may approve such outlots and may impose any conditions necessary to promote the public health, safety, and welfare of the community. (2) Within Public Right-of-way. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Chapter relating to use of the public right-of-way, residential project monument signs may be located with the public right-of-way under a specific license issued by the City Council, subject to other provisions of this Section and the following: (1) The license provides for ongoing maintenance by the licensee. (2) The license may be revoked, and the sign removed at the expense of the licensee, if the City Council finds that the sign has become a nuisance or a danger to the public health, safety, or welfare of the community. (3) Any such sign shall be located on a raised, curbed island to protect the sign from traffic and street maintenance operations. (4) The City Council determines that the sign does not constitute a hazard to traffic. 2. R-3, High Density Residential District and R-4, Manufactured Home District: a. No more than one sign may be erected on the subject property, except that in the case of multiple family residential complexes with more than one building, one sign may be erected per public street frontage. b. For each property, the first sign allowed under this subsection shall be no greater than 35 square feet in area, and no greater than six feet in height. c. For complexes that are permitted to have a second sign under this Chapter, the second sign may be no greater than 16 square feet in area and six square feet in height. 3. R-C, Residential Commercial District: a. Business Signs. Only one sign shall be erected on the subject property. (1) Freestanding or Wall Sign. Not more than 18 square feet in total area, nor higher than six feet. 4. C-1 and C-2 Districts, I-1 and I-2 Districts, and P Public District: a. Except for corner lots as described in this section, the maximum number of signs on any principal building shall be two and, in all cases, the total sign area shall be calculated as 15 percent of the gross silhouette area of the front of the building. Where the principal building is on a corner or through lot and thus faces two public streets, both sides may be counted. If, however, the building has only one frontage and the owner elects to erect two signs, the total square footage of both signs may not exceed the maximum allowable square footage determined from the front building silhouette. For purposes of determining the gross area of the silhouette of the principal building, the silhouette shall be defined as that area within an outline drawing of the principal building as viewed from the front lot line or from the related public