(A) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon, or in view of, any public way any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, light, device or combination thereof which:
(1) Purports to be, is an imitation of, resembles, or could easily be confused with an official traffic control device, a railroad sign or signal, or the lights of an emergency vehicle;
(2) Attempts to direct the movement of traffic; or
(3) Hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal.
(B) No person shall place or maintain, nor shall any public authority permit upon any public way, any unauthorized traffic signal or sign or any sign bearing thereon any commercial advertising.
(C) The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to public ways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs and which do not create a hazard to a motorist traveling on the public way.
(D) Every sign, signal, or marking prohibited by this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the authority having jurisdiction over the public way is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice, assessing costs involved to the violator.
('74 Code, § 9-5-10.13) (Ord. 65-1974)