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fifty (50) feet in M-l, M-1-R and M-2 Districts and twenty-six (26) feet in C-2 Districts. No off-premises sign shall be erected within five hundred (500) feet of any other off-premises sign on the same side of the same street. Off-premises signs within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the right-of-way of any highway classified as an interstate highway or as a federal aid primary highway shall also comply with Chapter 7, Section 33.1-351 et seq. of the Code of Virginia, as amended. No off-premises sign shall be permitted within the C-2 district on any zone lot upon which improvements have been constructed. Notwithstanding the zone, no off-premises signs shall be allowed along or oriented towards any street or highway or portion thereof which has or have been designated by the city council as streets having special sign restrictions. (10) PROJECTING SIGNS shall not extend more than six (6) feet from a building to which they are attached. Such signs shall maintain a minimum vertical distance of eight (8) feet between the bottom of the sign and the grade at the right-of-way line. (ll) RESIDENTIAL FREESTANDING SIGN. A residential free standing sign shall contain no commercial message except one advertising the premises for sale or lease. Residential freestanding signs shall not exceed three (3) square feet per side in area. (12) WALL SIGNS shall be subject to the general regulations, except that where groupings of office or commercial businesses share a common zone lot, additional wall signs shall be permitted based upon the actual building frontage as related to the requirements of Section 40-61.4 (b). (13) WINDOW SIGNS shall not cover more than twenty percent (20%) of any window area, except that where groupings of office or commercial businesses share a common zone lot, additional window signs shall be permitted based upon the actual building frontage as related to the requirements of Section 40-61.4 (b). Sec. 40-61.3. Signs exempted from regulations. The following signs are exempted from the regulations of this Article: (a) Signs less than two (2) square feet in size, containing only property numbers, names of occupants or buildings, or hours of operation; (b) Memorial signs, names of buildings, or commemorative plaques when cut into masonry or made of a noncombustible material; (c) Signs erected by public agencies; (d) Signs denoting the entrance to residential areas, if not in excess of eighteen (18) square feet in area, nor six (6) feet in height; (e) Real estate signs less than four (4) square feet in ares in residential districts, less than eight (8) square feet in commercial districts, and less 91