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(6) New signs and signs being structurally altered shall maintain clearance from the public utility facilities, shall not substantially interfere with drainage and shall not be located in a utility or drainage easement. Signs shall maintain 10 feet of vertical and horizontal clearance from all electrical lines. (~ Only governmental signs or temporary holiday signs may be located on the roof of any building or accessory structure. (8) Lighting for signs shall not produce glare onto adjoining properties or in the eyes of motorists or pedestrians. Bare-bulb illumination is prohibited within 150 feet of any premises containing a residential use, and in other cases is limited to 25-watt bulbs at night and 33-watt bulbs during daylight hours. (9) Signs on premises within a historic district designated by the City shall be subject to the issuance of a Certificate of Appropriateness by the Historic Preservation Commission and subject to compliance with adopted sign criteria. (10) Signs are permitted on sidewalks only within the central business area zoning district provided that a minimum path of five feet in width remains clear of any obstacles. (11) All signs shall be setback a minimum of five feet from all property lines except those in the CBA zoning district. ~b~ CEVM Si ns are subject to the above location restrictions and additionally are prohibited within 35o feet of any residential zoned district, multifamily zoned districts, and any district zoned Neighborhood Commercial, Mixed Use, Historic, Parkland, the River Corridor, or the Central Business Area (CBA). Measurement shall be made by straight line from the nearest ._ boundary of the zoning district to the nearest point of the sign where the nearest point of the sign is determined by dropbing a horizontal line from the nearest edge of the sign face to the r.~ ound. Section 6.3.1.9 Nonconforming Signs (a). Signs in Existence Prior to This Code. A sign existing on the effective date of the ordinance from which this article was derived that violates this article or any other ordinance, and a sign that comes under the jurisdiction of this chapter due to the expansion of the City, is a legal nonconforming sign and may be continued, repaired and maintained in good condition, but may not be otherwise altered. (b). Voluntary Removal. Voluntary removal of a nonconforming sign for purposes other than maintenance terminates nonconforming rights for the sign. (c). Legal, Nonconforming Off-Premise Signs. An off-premise sign existing on July 24, 2003 that violates a spacing or location restriction in Section 6.3.3.4, and an existing off-premise sign that thereafter becomes in violation of a spacing or location restriction in Section 6.3.3.4, is a legal nonconforming sign and may be continued, repaired and 7