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SECTION 10.16 GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 10.17. SETBACK REGULATIONS directory signs may be placed and on the same highway as the place advertised is located such.sign shall be no more than 5 miles from the place advertised and the minimum distance between signs shall be 500 feet. When the place ' advertised is'on a highway other than that on which the sign is located, the maximum distance between the place advertised and the sign shall be 12 air- line miles, the maximum distance from the intersection shall be 5 miles, the minimum distance between signs shall be 500 feet, the minimum distance from the intersection shall be as provided in (a) hereinabove. There may be no mare than one such sign in each approaching direction when a sign is on the same highway as the place advertised; if the place advertised is on a highway other than the sign there may be one sign in each of the approaching directions toward the intersection where a turn is to be made; if more than two'roads must be traveled to reach the place advertised then there may be one sign in each of the approaching directions for each intersection. (c) On- premise signs located on the interstate system shall comply with the requirements of Section 81.30 of the statutes and the rules of the state highway comission. On other highways such signs shall identify the name and nature of the business, the products sold or services offered, but may not advertise any product or service not available at the site on which the sign is located. (d) No sign of any kind may be so placed as to obscure or obstruct the vision of an official highway sign or marker, a stop and go signal or railroad crossing signal. (e) No sign may be attached to a tree, fence or fence post and may not be painted on rocks or other natural objects. (f) Each sign shall have attached to it a suitable tag identifying the ownership of the sign. (g) Application for permits for directory signs shall show the copy to be placed on such sign, and no change shall be made in this copy to designate a different business, or different location of the business, until a new permit has been applied for and issued. Section 7, Section IX of the ordinance of July 20, 1938, the title to which is recited in the title to this ordinance, is hereby renumbered to be Section 10.17, and as so renumbered is amended to read: i 10.17 SETBACK REGULATIONS For the purpose of determining the distance buildings and other structures shall be set back from streets and highways, the streets and highways in Dane County are divided into the following classes: 31