All signs not expressly permitted in this chapter or exempt from regulation pursuant to Section 1290.11 are prohibited in the City. Such signs include but are not limited to the following:
(a) Abandoned signs.
(b) Signs shall not be located on trees, utility poles, public benches or any other form of public property, or in the public right-of-way, including paper posters, letters or representations in the form of advertising, whether printed, painted or applied directly to a wall, building, pole or other support.
(c) Searchlights, flashers, animators, rotating or whirligig devices, blinking, racer type, moving or revolving signs and signs containing movements or contrivances of any kind, except for time and temperature units.
(d) Pennants, festoons, streamers, inflatable signs, tethered balloons, streamers, exposed light bulbs, bare strings of light bulbs and other similar signs and devices.
(e) Signs containing any words or symbols that would cause confusion because of their resemblance to highway traffic control or direction signals.
(f) Signs on temporarily placed vehicles or trailers for the primary purpose of displaying such sign.
(g) Merchandise, equipment, products, vehicles or other items not themselves for sale and placed for attention-getting, identification or advertising purposes.
(h) Roof signs.
(i) No person shall display upon any sign or other advertising structure any obscene, indecent or immoral matter.
(j) Off-site advertising signs, unless otherwise specifically permitted in this Planning and Zoning Code.
(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01; Ord. 186-01. Passed 1-28-02.)