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Directional sign, on-premises, means a sign without commercial message erected for the purpose of indicating the required or preferred direction of vehicular, bicycle, or pedestrian traffic on private property, including, but not limited to, "no parking," "entrance," "exit only," "loading only," and other similar signage. Directional sign, off-premises, means any sign without commercial message that is displayed for the purpose of informing people of or guiding people to a particular place for a specified event, including, but not limited to, an open house, garage sale, estate sale or other similar event. Directly illuminated sign means any sign designed to give any artificial light directly through any transparent or translucent material from a source of light originating within or on such sign. Directory sign means a sign which serves as a common or collective identification for a group of persons or businesses operating on the same lot. Such a sign commonly lists the tenants, occupants, floor plan, addresses or suite numbers of an office complex, shopping center, or residential building complex. Election sign campaign period means signs authorized by Minnesota Statutes Section 211B.045 a period prior to a general election starting on August 1 until ten days following the general election, or a period prior to a special election starting 13 weeks prior to the special election until ten days following the special election. Electronic variable message sign means a changeable copy sign or portion thereof which can be electronically changed or rearranged without altering the face or the surface of the sign, not including signage or portions thereof displaying price, time and temperature. Facade means any separate face or surface of a building, including parapet walls, and roof surfaces or any part of a building which encloses or covers unusable space. Where separate facades are oriented in the same direction, or where the inside angle at the intersection of two surfaces is greater than 135 degrees, they are to be considered as part of a single facade. Flag means a device generally made of flexible material, such as cloth, paper, or plastic, and displayed from a pole, cable or rope. It may or may not include copy. Frontage means the boundary of a lot that abuts a public street. Garage sale sign means a sign advertising the sale of personal property including estate sales, yard sales or rummage sales used to dispose of personal household possessions. Government sign means any sign erected by the city or any other governmental entity in the exercise of official government business and authority. Ground sign means any freestanding sign that is supported by structures or supports in or upon the ground and independent of support from any building. A single sign structure having two identical or nearly identical faces back to back shall constitute a single sign. For the purposes of this definition, a ground sign is intended to refer to a primary, permanent, ground-mounted sign, not a temporary sign or sign that is ancillary to the primary sign, such as a directional sign or portable sign. Hanging sign means a sign that is suspended from the underside of a surface and is supported by such surface. Indirectly illuminated sign means a sign that is illuminated from a source outside of the actual sign.