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Division 9. Location Specifications Section 3-30. Obstructing ingress and egress; obstructing fire-related structures. (a) No sign or supports or hangings for any sign shall be erected so as to cover a door or window of any building or otherwise to prevent free ingress and egress to or from any window, door or fire escape of any building. (b) No roof sign shall be constructed in a manner which interferes with the free passage from one part of the roof to another part of the roof or interferes with any opening on the roof. (c) No sign shall be attached to any part of a fire escape or upon or to any stand pipe or fire escape support, or be placed nearer than two feet from any fire escape platform. Every sign shall be so arranged as to swing away from the fire escape or platform. Section 3-31. Interference with public alarms, signals and signs. No sign or supports or hangings for any sign shall be placed in a position or manner which obstructs or interferes with any fire alarm, police alarm, sign, or any device maintained by or under public authority. Section 3-32. Projections beyond property line. No sign or portion of any sign, except for marquee or projecting signs, may project over any public area or way more than five feet from the property line upon which the sign is located. No sign shall be permitted to project over any public highway or interfere with vehicular traffic. Section 3-33. Distance above ground of projecting signs. The lower edge of any sign projecting over any public area, except a marquee sign, shall have a vertical clearance not less than nine feet. Section 3-34. Height above buildings. The highest point on any sign, other than a roof sign, attached to a building or structure shall not extend more than six feet above the part of the building or structure to which it is attached, or six feet above the lowest edge of the roof, whichever is the higher. 19