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3.	Shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet from any comer as measured from the point where the right-of-way lines of the intersecting streets meet or from the midpoint of the curve where a comer exists but is not an intersection ("L" curve in a street).
B. SCREENING
There shall be a four (4) foot high solid fence or a ten (10) foot wide planted strip predominantly containing plants, trees and shrubs so planted and maintained as to provide a screen along all lot lines adjoining residential purposes or if the adjoining lot contains a residential use on the first floor level regardless of the zone.
Section 406. REGULATIONS FOR SIGNS INCLUDING BILLBOARDS
A.	LOCATION
1. In Relation to Traffic Signals:	Red,	green, amber or
flashing illumination shall not be so placed as to be within the line of vision of a traffic signal as viewed from the normal location of the driver of a motor vehicle traveling on an adjoining street in a traffic lane designated for moving vehicles, nor may any such illumination be located within twenty (20) feet in any direction from a traffic signal.
Before any permit for the erection of a sign in relation to traffic signals is issued, the Chief of Police of the City of Bay St. Louis shall be consulted to assure there will be no confusion with the traffic lights or lights on emergency vehicles.
2.	Fire Hazard:	Vegetation shall	be kept out	in front of,
behind, underneath, and around	the base of	ground signs	a
distance of fifteen (15) feet,	except such	planting as may
be designed to enhance, decorate, or constitute a part of such sign, and no rubbj.sh or debris shall be permitted under or near such sign that, would constitute a fire or healtii hazard. No sign shall be ereeved in a manner that would impede ingress or egress through any door or emergency exits in any building. No sign shall be erected on a fire
9	escaDe	or	any other safety devise.
B.	SIGNS TT1AT ARE PERMITTED IN ALL ZONES
1.	Subdivision signs advertising the sale or lease of lots
or buildings within new subdivisions on which they are located are permitted providing they are non-illuminated or indirectly illuminated and exceed neither two hundred and fifty (250) square feet in area or ten (10) feet square
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