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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 17-417 Window signs.">
  <section prefix="§" num="17-417" heading="Window signs.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Where allowed.">Window signs are allowed:<para num="(1)">in a residential use category, only on multi-family dwellings with 20 or more units;</para>
      <para num="(2)">in all other use categories, on all uses for which the sign is otherwise allowed under this title;</para>
      <para num="(3)">in the zoning districts specified in this title or in &lt;em&gt;Table 17-201: Sign Regulations.&lt;/em&gt;</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Aggregate size; Blocking views.">
      <para num="(1)">Window signs may not block views into or out from the building in the area between 5 feet and 7 feet above the adjacent grade, in the R-5, R-6, R-7, R-8, R-9, R-10, C-1, C-1-VC, and C-2 Zoning Districts.</para>
      <para num="(2)">“Window area” means a continuous surface undivided by any architectural or structural element.  Mullions are not considered an element that divides a window area.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Additional Rules.">Except as provided in &lt;cite data-path="|32|§17-402"&gt;§ 17-402 {“Alcoholic beverage and cigarette advertising signs”} of this title&lt;/cite&gt;, signs affixed to the inside of a window or mounted within 12 inches of a window are allowed, as long as the total of all window signs on a window, whether permanent or temporary, but not counting window displays, occupies no more than a percentage of the total window area, as specified in &lt;em&gt;Table 17-201: Sign Regulations&lt;/em&gt;.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.18-216</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-181</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
