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whichever is less. g. Window or door signs, provided that the following standards are met: 1. The sign shall not exceed ten percent of the window or door area or four square feet, 2. The sign shall be silk screened, hand painted, applied letters/graphics, neon tubing or other sign technologies that meet these standards. 3. Limited to one sign per business, applied on either the window or the door, but not on both. 4. The sign shall not have an opaque backing of any type although smoked glass is allowed. 5. May be in addition to only one of the following: a wall -mounted sign, a freestanding sign, an applied letter sign, a projecting sign or a valance awning sign. h. One freestanding sign, provided that the following standards are met: or projecting signs. 1. The building in which the advertising business is located, shall be set back a minimum of six feet from a public street right-of-way. 2. The area of each face of the signboard shall not exceed six square feet and the signboard shall not have more than two readable faces. 3. The height of the top of the signboard, or of any posts, brackets, or other supporting elements shall not exceed six feet from the ground. 4. The signboard shall be constructed of wood, acrylic, aluminum or metal and shall be architecturally compatible with the style, composition, materials, colors and details of the building. 5. No part of the sign shall encroach on the right-of-way and its location shall not interfere with pedestrian or vehicular circulation. 6. Limited to one sign per building and shall not be in addition to wall -mounted, applied letter 7. The readable faces of the sign shall be perpendicular to the adjacent street. i. Businesses with frontage on more than one public street are allowed the permitted sign criteria for each street frontage. j Businesses with service entrances may identify these with one wall -mounted or applied letter sign not exceeding two square feet. k. One directional sign, facing a rear parking lot. This sign may be any type of permitted sign other than a freestanding sign, but shall be limited to three square feet in area. 1. In addition to other signage, restaurants and cafes shall be permitted one wall -mounted display featuring the actual menu as used at the dining table, to be contained within a shallow wood or metal case and clearly visible through a glass front. The display case shall be attached to the building wall, next to the main entrance, at a height of approximately five feet, shall not exceed a total area of two square feet, and may be lighted. (2) Permitted signs for personal and professional services, retail commercial, and public uses and services in T-GCOR-2 districts: