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premises which are for sale or lease or under construction during the time the premises are for sale or lease or under construction. The number of signs, described in this paragraph, shall be limited to one sign for each street frontage per message, premises for sale or lease, candidate, civic campaign issue, or other commercial or noncommercial message. 2. Temporary Signs - Off-Premise Real estate open house signs and open house directional signs shall be permitted only during open house hours and when the owner or a representative of the owner is in attendance. Such directional signs may be located off-premises and within a street right-of-way, subject to the requirements of Article 5, Section 34-65, “Visibility at Intersections” of this chapter. Location of such signs in street rights-of-way not under the control of the city shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the applicable authority (e.g., Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, or St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic). 3. Official public notices and notices posted by a public authority in accordance with public notice requirements as may be required by law, including city codes. 4. Governmental signs for the control or direction of traffic and other public purposes, such as neighborhood watch program signs, historical markers and plaques, or temporary emergency signs. 5. “No Parking” or “No Trespassing” signs which are no larger than one square foot in gross sign area. 6. Signs painted, or applied in decal form, in the windows of commercial and industrial districts not exceeding one square foot in gross sign area for each business located on the ground floor of the premises. 7. Single identification signs not exceeding four square feet in gross sign area which are hung below a canopy or awning; provided, they allow a clearance of at least seven feet above the sidewalk or other pedestrian way. 8. Painted graphics when located in a nonresidential zoning district. 9. Temporary residential garage sale signs including, but not limited to, garage sale, patio sale, yard sale, porch sale, basement sale or any similarity thereto, that do not exceed five square feet and located upon premises where the sale is taking place. These signs shall be removed within twenty-four (24) hours following the completion of the sale. 10. Tablets or plaques in building walls denoting names of buildings, names of officers and officials and date of erection when cut into any masonry surface or when constructed of bronze or other incombustible materials. 11. Address Numbers.