(1) Those constructed by the owner or lessee of a place of business or residence on land belonging to the owner or lessee and not more than one hundred feet (100′) from the place of business or residence, and relating solely to merchandise services or entertainment sold, produced, manufactured or furnished at the place of business or residence;

(2) Those constructed, erected, operated, used or maintained on any farm by the owner or lessee of the farm and relating solely to farm produce, merchandise, service or entertainment sold, produced, manufactured or furnished on the farm;

(3) 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;

(4) Official notices or advertisements posted or displayed by or under the direction of any public or court officer in the performance of the officer's official or directed duties, or by trustees under deeds of trust, deeds of assignment or other similar instruments;

(5) Danger or precautionary signs relating to the premises on which they are located, signs warning of the condition of or dangers of travel on a highway or road, erected or authorized by the department of transportation or applicable local agency or forest fire warning signs erected under authority of the department of agriculture and signs, notices or symbols erected by the United States government under the direction of the United States forest service;

(6) Signs solely to denote route to any city, town, village or historic place or shrine;

(7) Notices of any railroad, bridge, ferry or other transportation or transmission company necessary for the direction or safety of the public;

(8) Signs, notices or symbols for the information of aviators as to location, directions and landings and conditions affecting safety in aviation;

(9) Signs or notices placed at a junction of two (2) or more roads in the state highway system denoting only the distance or direction of a residence or subdivision;

(10) Signs or notices erected or maintained on property giving the name of the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises;

(11) Advertisements, advertising signs and advertising structures within the corporate limits of cities or towns;

(12) Historical markers erected by duly constituted authorized public authorities;

(13) Highway or road markers and signs erected or caused to be erected by duly authorized public authorities;

(14) Signs erected on property warning the public against hunting and fishing or trespassing;

(15)

(A) Except as provided in subdivision (15)(B), tourist oriented directional signs complying with chapter 5, part 13 of this title;

(B)

(i) Subdivision (15)(A) shall not apply in counties having a population, according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of:

(ii) Subdivision (15)(A) shall only apply to a local government coming under its provisions after January 1, 1996, which by vote of its local legislative body chooses to apply subdivision (15)(A) to itself. Any tourist oriented directional signs program (TODS) authorized by the general assembly before January 1, 1996, shall continue in operation as originally authorized; and

(16) Directional signs of eight square feet (8 sq. ft.) or less for churches and nonprofit educational institutions. The signs must be located off the roadway or highway right-of-way.