The following signs are prohibited within the town and its ETJ:
(A) Signs that are similar, or mimic, official highway signs, warning signs or regulatory devices;
(B) Signs displaying blinking, flashing or intermittent lights, animation and moving parts or electronically displayed messages-signs which display the time and temperature;
(C) Portable signs or any fashion of moveable sign, to exclude sandwich board signs;
(D) Off-premise signs except those expressly permitted herein;
(E) Off-premises outdoor advertising signs;
(F) Facsimile signs;
(G) Signs attached to or painted on utility poles, telephone poles, trees, parking meters, bridges and overpasses, rocks, other signs, benches and refuse containers or any other inanimate object;
(H) Roof signs;
(I) Pavement markings for purposes other than traffic control;
(J) Signs placed within or extending into the right-of-way of town and state maintained streets and roads, except those erected by a duly constituted government body;
(K) Signs that contain language and/or pictures obscene to the general public in accordance with G.S. § 14-190.1;
(L) Indirect illumination, such as floodlights, erected in such a manner as to cause glare that impairs driver vision on streets or roadways or that causes a nuisance to the occupants of adjoining property;
(M) Signs that obstruct fire escapes, windows, doors or other openings used as a means of egress or as required legal ventilation;
(N) Signs containing or consisting of pennants, ribbons, streamers, festoon lighting, balloons (or inflatable signs), spinners, feather signs or banners;
(O) Signs whose face is composed of vinyl, aluminum or similar materials;
(P) Signs that do not conform to the provisions of these regulations;
(Q) Snipe signs;
(R) Billboards; and
(S) Any sign not otherwise permitted or exempted, or which does not otherwise conform to the regulations contained in this chapter.
(Ord. passed 3-14-2005; Ord. passed 10-10-2016; Ord. passed 3-14-2019, § 606)