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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 from within and without. (35) "Window sign" means any sign 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) The size of signs shall be measured and determined in the following manner: (I) If a sign is on a plate or is framed or roofed, all of the plate or frame or roof shall be included in the dimensions. (2) If a sign is not on a plate or is not framed but is partly or entirely outlined by a light line or area, or if the sign is on a plate or is framed and circumscribed by a lazger 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 sign consists only of words, designs, or tigures 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) fhe sign azea/size for a sign with more than one face shall be computed by adding together the area/sizes of all sign faces, except that when two identical sign faces are placed back to back, so that both faces cannot be viewed from any point at the same time, and when such sigm faces are part of the same sign structure and are not more than l2 inches apart, the sign area/size shall be computed by the measurement of one of the faces. (b) fhe 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~).