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35 Subd. 69. Total Site Signage. The maximum permitted combined area of all freestanding and wall identification signs allowed on a specific property. Subd. 70. Temporary Sian. Any sign, banner, pennant, valance or advertising display constructed with light materials with or without frames intended to be displayed for a limited time only. Subd. 71. Visible. Capable of being seen by a person of normal visual acuity (whether legible or not) without visual aid. Subd. 72. Wall. Any structure which defines the exterior boundaries or courts of a building or structure and which has a slope of sixty (60) degrees or greater with the horizontal plane. Subd. 73. Wall Sign. A flat sign which does not extend more than eighteen (18) inches from the face or wall of the building upon which it is affixed, painted or attached, running parallel for its whole length to the face or wall of the building, and which does not extend beyond the horizontal width of such building. Subd. 74. Window Sign. Any sign, pictures, symbol, or combination thereof, designed to communicate information about an activity, business, commodity, event, sale, or service, that is placed inside a window or upon the window panes or glass and is visible from the exterior of the window. 1400.05. Application. Subd. 1. Conformity. No sign may be erected, placed, altered or moved unless in conformity with this Chapter. Subd. 2. Other Code Provisions. Nothing in this Chapter may be taken to relieve any person from complying with the provisions of any other Chapter of the City Code. 1400.06. General Requirements, Subd. 1. Sign Permit Not Required. The changing of the advertising message of a painted or printed sign, theater marquee or a changeable copy sign, and the painting, repainting and cleaning of signs will not require a sign permit, but will otherwise be done in compliance with this Chapter and any other applicable law or Section of this Code. Subd. 2. Hazard and Hazardous Signs. No sign may by reason of its location, color, or intensity, create a hazard to the safe and efficient movement of vehicles or pedestrian traffic. No sign may contain words which might be construed as traffic controls, such as "Stop", "Caution", "Warning", or otherwise resemble any official marker erected by a governmental body or agency, unless such sign is a directional sign. Any sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles any official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or emergency vehicle signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic -control device or any railroad sign or signal.