(1) Decals affixed to or signs painted on equipment, fuel pumps or other types of vending equipment used for dispensing retail products;

(2) Signs wholly within a building, excluding window signs (see section 94-1, definitions);

(3) Memorial signs, tablets or plaques or names of buildings and date of erection when such are cut into any masonry surface or when constructed of bronze or other noncombustible material;

(4) Professional nameplates not exceeding three square feet in area;

(5) Bulletin boards, not to exceed two, each not over eight square feet in area for public charitable or religious institutions, when the bulletin boards are located on the premises of such institutions, and one identification sign not exceeding ten square feet;

(6) Occupational signs denoting only the name and profession of an occupant in a commercial building, public institutional building or dwelling house, which are placed flat against the exterior surface of the building and not exceeding three square feet in area, except in residential single-family and duplex buildings where the size shall not exceed two square feet;

(7) directional signs to historical or other points of interest, which are maintained or operated as commercial attractions, public or religious sites, and are less than two square feet in size;

(8) traffic or other municipal signs, legal notices, danger signs and temporary emergency or nonadvertising signs;

(9) Signs consisting of an arrangement of a group of single cutout letters when securely fastened to a building or structural part of a building, in accordance with section 94-96, 94-97 and 94-98;

(10) traffic directional signs utilized for traffic flow such as enter, exit, in, out, etc. when less than one square foot in size and not exceeding two feet in height;

(11) window signs that do not exceed 25 percent of the total individual glazed area and are placed in the upper or lower half of the individual glazed area. Further, the sales transaction area, as well as any other areas that may be deemed as necessary for viewing for safety purposes by a law enforcement agency, shall not be obstructed from view from the outside of the building; and

(12) Signs for events sponsored by the municipality.