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(33) "Wall sign" means any sign which is affixed to an exterior wall of any building when the sign projects not more than fifteen inches from the building wall, structure, or its parts, or a sign attached to a marquee. A wall sign does not include a sign on a mansard, or sloped roof or roof- like facade on a building, each of which is considered a roof sign. The maximum height of a wall sign shall be measured from the finished floor level to the top of the sign. (34) "Window" means an aperture or opening in the wall of a building which admits light and/or air to the interior of the building and allows visibility Crom within and without. (35) "Window sign" means any sibnr which is located or displayed directly on the inside or outside of a window surface. Division 3. Sign Area/Size Calculation Section 3-4. Single-Faced signs. (a) I'he size of signs shall be measured and determined in the following manner: (1) [f a sign is on a plate or is Camed or roofed, all of the plate or frame or roof shall be included in the dimensions. (2) [f a sign is not on a plate or is not framed but is partly or entirely outlined by a light line or area, or iClhe sign is on a plate or is framed and circumscribed by a larger light line or area, all of the area circumscribed by a light line or area shall be included in the dimensions/size. (3) If a sifm consists only of words, designs, or figures engraved, painted, projected, or fixed on a wall, the total area/size of the sign shall be the measurable area within the outer boundary of a standard geometrical shape such as a square, rectangle, or circle containing and defined by the extreme reaches of graphic or informational parts of the sign. Section 3-5. Multi-faced signs. (a) The sign area/size for a sign with more than one face shall be computed by adding together the area/sizes of all sigm faces, except that when two identical sign faces are placed back to back, so that both faces cannot he viewed from any point at the same time, and when such sign faces arc part of the same sign structure and are not more than 12 inches apart, the sign area/size shall be computed by the measurement ofone ofthe faces. (b) The sign area/size for a sign that is spherical shall be computed by squaring the radius of the sphere and multiplying that figure by 12.5664 (4 x pi x r~).