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1400.11 WALL SIGNS: The sign surface area of a wall sign may not exceed 15% of the area of the wall to which it is applied. 1400.12 DISTRICT SCHEDULES: Signs shall be permitted as set forth in the following provisions: Subd. 1. RESIDENTIAL: The following signs are permitted in a residential district: (1) R-1, R-1A & R-2: One identification sign per dwelling unit per right- of-way frontage. Additionally one address sign on the curb in front of each dwelling unit or on a freestanding mailbox. (2) R-3 & R-4: Each multiple dwelling complex (nine or more units) will be allowed one monument sign identifying the complex. The sign may not exceed 50 square feet in sign surface area. The sign structure including the sign surface area, may not exceed 150 square feet in area. The highest point of the sign may not be more than 10 feet above ground level. (3) Each church located within the corporate limits of this City, subject to approval of size, location and type by the City Manager, may erect and maintain a maximum of three directional signs on municipal rights-of- way. No church may erect or maintain more than one such sign at any intersection. Subd. 2. COMMERCIAL AND LIMITED BUSINESS: The following signs are allowed in a 'B" Service Office Limited Business District and "C" Commercial Districts and may be erected after obtaining a permit and paying a required-license fee. (1) One identification sign per commercial establishment. The sign may have no more than 2 square feet of surface area per lineal foot of business footage, up to a maximum of 150 square feet. The total area of all wall signs affixed to a wall may-not exceed 15% of the total area of the wall. (2) A gasoline station will be allowed, in addition to all other authorized signs, one pylon sign to identify the gasoline brand. This sign may not exceed 30 feet in height, and must have a minimum clearance of 12 feet from the basic grade level to the lowest element of the sign surface and may not exceed 150 square feet, including both sides, in sign surface area. Such an establishment will also be allowed one price sign, not to exceed 8 square feet in sign surface area, for each frontage having a curb cut. Such freestanding sign and price signs will be in addition to those signs allowed in Part A of this Subdivision.