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all other requirements of this Chapter, may be erected without a sign permit. Subd. 1. POLITICAL SIGNS: All political signs of any size may be posted from August 1 in a State general election year until ten days following the State general election. In a City election year, all political signs of any size may be posted four weeks prior to a City election until five days following the City election. In a Independent School District Number 282 election year, all political .signs of any size may be posted four weeks prior to a school election until five days following the election, wh I ich is the third Tuesday in May. Political signs are not allowed within fifteen feet from the curb. Subd. 2. DIRECTIONAL SIGNS: Directional signs having a surface area not greater than 5 square feet. Subd. 3. CONSTRUCTION SIGNS: Signs denoting the architect, engineer, or contractor, when placed upon work under construction, provided that the total sign surface area of all such signs does not exceed the greater of 12 square feet or a ratio of one square foot of sign surface per 100 square feet of floor space in the construction project, up to a maximum of 32 square feet. Subd. 4. MEMORIAL SIGNS: Memo rial signs or tablets, or names of buildings and date of erection when cut into masonry surface or constructed of metal or stone and attached to the building, not exceeding a sign surface area of 4 square feet. Subd. 5. IDENTIFICATION SIGNS: One identification sign per residential dwelling unit, which shall not exceed a sign surface area of 4 square feet per surface and shall have no more than two sign surfaces, and one address sign on the curb in front of each dwelling unit. Subd. 6. FREESTANDING SIGNS: Freestanding signs for garage sales or similar event occurring within the corporate limits of the City, not exceeding 4 square feet in sign surface area, erected on private property with permission of the land owner, and displayed for not more than 3 consecutive days. Subd. 7. WINDOW SIGNS: Temporary or permanent window signs duly authorized by zoning and other laws of this City, provided that all such signs on a frontage shall not have a total sign surface area greater than 50% of the glass area, excluding doors, on such frontage and provided that a minimum of one-half of the open window space must be below a horizontal line which is 5 feet above the interior floor of the commercial establishment. Merchandise displays in windows shall not be considered a part of the sign area if such display is not intended to be continued for a period of more than 8 weeks. Subd. 8. ON-SITE TEMPORARY SUBDIVISION SIGNS: One on-site temporary 8