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WE Subd. 17. Signs Attached to a Vehicle. Vehicles with incorporated or attached signage parked primarily for use as a sign shall not be parked in any zone for more than seventy- two (72) hours. Subd. 18. Billboards. Subd, 19. Signs on Bus Shelters. All types of signs except for bus schedules and identification information. Subd. 20. Electronic Message Signs. Electronic message or changeable copy signs except public service signs in the Recreational Open Space District located on property that is owned by the City or Independent School District No. 282. Subd. 21. Off -premise signs. Subd. 22. Portable signs. 1400.08 Signs Requiring No Permits. The following signs shall not require a permit, if they meet all other requirements of this Chapter. These exemptions, however, shall not be construed as relieving the owner of the sign from the responsibility of its erection and maintenance, and its compliance with the provisions of this ordinance or any other law or ordinance regulating the same. Subd. 1. Channing Display Surface. The changing of the display surface on a painted or printed sign only. This exemption, however, shall apply only to poster replacement and/or on-site changes involving sign painting elsewhere than directly on a building. Subd. 2. Signs Six (6) Square Feet or Less in Size. Subd. 3. 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 fifty (50) percent of the glass area, excluding doors, on such frontage and provided that a minimum of one-half (1/2) of the open window space must be below a horizontal line which is five (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 eight (8) weeks. Subd. 4. Signs Affixed on Benches at Public Bus Stops. Subd. 5. Replacement of Existing Commercial Identification Signs. A commercial identification sign designed to replace an existing commercial identification sign which lawfully exists under this Code, so long as the new sign has the same dimensions and is in the same location as the existing sign, and is not prohibited sign under Section 1400.07. Subd. 6. Non -Commercial Signs Exemption. All non-commercial signs of any size may be posted in any number from August 1 in a state general election year until ten (10) days following the state general election. For local elections, which are usually held on the