1731.14  EXEMPTIONS.
   The following advertisements and advertising signs and the advertising structures or parts thereof upon which they are posted or displayed are exempted from all of the provisions of this chapter, except those contained in subsections (b) , (c) and (d) of Section 1731.09.
   (a)    Those constructed, erected, operated, used or maintained by the owner or lessee of a place of business or residence on land belonging to such owner or lessee and not more than two hundred fifty feet from such place of business or residence, and relating solely to merchandise, services or entertainment sold, produced, manufactured or furnished at such place of business or residence.
   (b)    Those constructed, erected, operated, used or maintained on any farm by the owner or lessee of such farm and relating solely to farm products, merchandise, services or entertainment sold, produced, manufactured or furnished on such farm.
   (c)    Those upon real property posted or displayed by the owner, or by the authority of the owner, stating that real property is for sale or rent.
   (d)    Official notices or advertisements posted or displayed by or under the direction of any public or court officer in the performance of his official or directed duties, or by trustees under deeds of trust, deeds of assignment or other similar instruments.
   (e)    Danger or precautionary signs , relating to the premises on which they are located, or signs warning of the condition of or danger of travel on a highway, erected or authorized by the city, or forest fire warning signs erected under authority of the state conservation department and signs, notices or symbols erected by the United States government under the direction of the United States Forestry Service.
   (f)    Signs relating solely to an historic place or shrine.
   (g)    Notices of any railroad, bridge, ferry or other transportation or transmission company necessary for the direction or safety of the public.
   (h)    Signs, notices or symbols for the information of aviators as to location, direction, landings and conditions affecting safety in aviation, erected or authorized by the city.
   (i)    Signs or notices containing two square feet or less, placed at a junction of two or more streets, roads or highways, denoting only the distance or direction of a residence or place of business.
   (j)    Signs or notices erected or maintained upon property giving the name of the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises.
   (k)    Historical markers erected by duly constituted and public authorities.
   (1)    Highway markers and signs erected or caused to be erected by the city or the state road commission.
   (m)    Signs erected upon property warning the public against hunting, fishing or trespassing thereon.
   (n)    Signs erected by Red Cross authorities relating to Red Cross emergency stations.
   (o)    Signs painted on a barn, stable or other permanent farm building which is at least one hundred feet from the center of any highway.
   (p)    Signs erected by West Virginia firms, persons or corporations advertising natural scenic caverns located in the state.