(a) Prohibited Signs
Any sign not specifically allowed by this ordinance is prohibited. The following devices used to attract pedestrian or vehicular attention are prohibited in the City of Adelanto.
(1) A-Frames, Portable Signs.
(2) Beacon Lights. Except as specifically allowed by this ordinance for a Special Promotion period or as part of a Grand Opening period not to exceed a 30 day period.
(3) Bus Bench Signs and Signs on Transit Stop Enclosures unless initiated by the City in order to enhance the bus shelter.
(4) Flashing or Animated Signs.
(5) Graffiti.
(6) Inflatable Devices.
(7) Mobile Signs. Excludes signs painted on vehicles unless the Director determines such a vehicle is being utilized for advertising purposes beyond that approved for signage on a site. In such case the Director may require a business to remove or relocate such vehicle.
(8) Off-Premise Signs and Billboards, other than those located in a B-O Zone.
(9) Projecting Signs. Any sign that projects out from a building, or any projections from a freestanding sign that extend over a driveway, sidewalk, or public street. Minor projections may be allowed with approval of a Sign Program that incorporates a design scheme with projections.
(10) Roof Signs.
(11) Sexually Oriented Signs. Any display, decoration, sign or show window that provides the observation of any material depicting, describing or relating to “specified sexual activities” or “specified anatomical areas”.
(12) Statuary. Statuary bearing the likeness or suggestion of any product or logo unless as approved as a monument sign.
(13) Temporary Signs. Except as specifically allowed by this ordinance (see Section 17.70.110
Temporary Signs).
(b) Hand-bills and Signs in Public Places
(1) Except as otherwise stipulated, no person shall paint, mark or write on, or post or otherwise affix, any hand-bill or sign to or upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, curb, curbstone, park strip, street lamp post, hydrant, tree, shrub, tree stake or guard, railroad trestle, public utility pole (i.e., electric, light or power or telephone or telegraph or trolley wire pole) or wire appurtenance thereof or upon any lighting system, public bridge, drinking fountain, life saving equipment, street sign or traffic sign.
(2) Any hand-bill or sign found posted upon any public property contrary to the provisions of this section may be removed by any designated City of Adelanto employee. The person responsible for any such illegal posting shall be liable for the cost incurred in the removal thereof and the City is authorized to effect the collection of said cost.
(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to the installation of a metal plaque or plate or individual letters or figures in a sidewalk commemorating a historical, cultural, or artistic event, location, or personality for which the Department of Public Works has granted a written permit.
(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to the painting of house numbers upon curbs.
[Ord. No. 474, Section 5, 5/28/08; Ord. No. 528, Exhibit P, 9/10/14; Ord. No. 611, 4/22/20.]