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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> special occasions, or while festivals, or cele- <br /> brations are being held. <br /> (b) Blinkin signs. Every blinking sign <br /> which can e a istraction to motorists or is a <br /> disturbance or nuisance to the occupants of <br /> adjoining property is prohibited. <br /> <br /> (c) Dilapidated si ns. Signs which display <br /> a message or copy t at has become faded, torn or <br /> advertises a business which is no longer in <br /> operation. The awner of the sign shall have 30 <br /> days in which to remove or repair such signs. <br /> (d) Ground signs. The size of ground signs <br /> shall be limited to one square foot per front foot <br /> of property upon which the same is placed. <br /> However, under no circumstances shall such sign <br /> exceed 300 feet. No ground sign shall be erected <br /> within 20 feet of any residence. <br /> (e) Hazardous s--i&-ns. No sign which <br /> constitutes a azar to vehicular traffic shall be <br /> placed in the City of Paris. <br /> (f) Historicall si nificant si ns. The <br /> Historic Lan mar Preservation Commission, the <br /> committee charged with protecting historical <br /> districts, may nominate signs located in such <br /> districts as historically significant signs. The <br /> City Council shall hold a public hearing and make <br /> final determination as to the historical <br /> significance of such nominated sign, and if such <br /> sign is found to be historically significant then <br /> the prohibition herein shall not regulate such <br /> sign. However, such sign may only be maintained <br /> and shall not be enlarged, diminished or <br /> significantly changed, and in the event of such <br /> notification of change, it shall lose the <br /> protection as a historically significant sign. <br /> (g) Movable si ns barber oles, etc. No <br /> movable signs, ar er po es, etc., s a e p aced <br /> on any public space. <br /> (h) Nuisance signs. No sign shall be placed <br /> in such a manner as to constitute a nuisance as <br /> that term is defined herein. <br /> (i) Pole signs. The size of pole signs <br /> shall be limited to one square foot per front foot <br /> of property upon which the same is placed. <br /> However, under no circumstances shall such sign <br /> exceed 300 feet. No pole sign shall be erected <br /> within 20 feet of any residence. <br /> (j) Political signs. No political sign, <br /> other than billboards, will be permitted more than <br /> sixty days before an election nor more than ten <br /> days after an election. No political sign will be <br /> permitted upon public property. No political sign <br /> will be permitted upon private property without <br /> permission from the owner of such private property <br /> first being obtained. No political sign of a size <br /> larger than 576 square inches shall be permitted <br /> without a sign permit. <br /> (k) Real Estate si ns. No person, <br /> partnership or irm s a p ace or allow a real <br />