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123 name signs nor to signs or devices erected by the Town, County or commonwealth for the direction and control of traffic. 3. Signs on trees, etc. Except for signs warning of danger or prohibiting trespass or the like, no sign shall be painted on or affixed to any tree, fence, utility pole, rock or ledge, nor painted or posted on any wall without an intermediary re- movable surface. 4. Neon signs. Except in Business or Light Industrial Dis- tricts, no sign shall include any neon or other electroexcited gas filled tubing illumination. 5. Certain roof signs. No sign shall be erected on any roof so as to project above or beyond the roof line of the building on which it is erected. No sign shall be painted on any roof surface so as to be visible from the ground. However, where the space between the tops of store windows and the roof line is insufficient for a wall sign extending across the face of the building to contain the area authorized by paragraph F below, without, projecting above the roof line, such sign may be permitted to extend above the roof line sufficiently to ob- tahl such authorized maximum area. 6. Billboards, as defined herein. 7. Off-premises signs, in other than Business or Light Industrial Districts, except as authorized by the Board of Appeals in accordance with the provisions of Section 27-1. No Off-Premises sign shall be permitted which would be in viola- tion of Section 29-33 of Chapter 93 of the General Laws. 8. Private signs on Town property, authorization shall be given until after a duly advertised public hearing; any such signs shall conform.in all respects to all other provisions of this section. Permits for such signs may be revoked at any time unless a permit for such a sign is authorized by the ]Board of Selectmen. E. Ikon-Conforming Signs Signs which, at the time of the effective date of this Article,had been previously legally erected, but which exceed the maximum area provisions of this section, may be per- mitted for the life of such signs, however, signs which are In violation of the prohibitions in Paragraph D of this section shall be modified so as to terminate such violation within one Year from such effective date.