The following signs are prohibited in all zoning districts:
(A) Signs hazardous to traffic.
(1) Any sign which obstructs or impairs the vision of drivers or pedestrians or detracts from the visibility of any official traffic-control device.
(2) Any sign which contains or imitates an official traffic sign, or signal.
(3) Any sign which includes distracting, flashing, or moving lights which, by existing standards, is found to be a traffic hazard.
(4) Any sign which, by reason of its location, color, or intensity, creates a hazard to the safe, efficient movement of vehicular or pedestrian traffic. No private sign shall contain words which might be construed as traffic controls, such as “Stop,” “Caution,” “Warning,” and the like, unless such sign is needed to direct traffic on the premises.
(B) Off-premises signs except as permitted in this section.
(C) Signs located on private property without the consent of the owner thereof.
(D) Structurally unsafe, dilapidated, or abandoned signs.
(E) Signs erected, placed, or maintained on fences, trees, utility poles or the supports thereof, except as allowed for special events.
(F) Signs attached or supported on a permanently parked vehicle or semi-trailers. This shall not include signs painted directly on a parked vehicle or semi-trailer used in the business or facility or on site.
(G) Projecting signs.
(H) Roof signs.
(I) Portable signs.
(J) Wall graphics.
(K) Beacons.
(L) Multifaced signs.
(M) Signs supported by guy wires.
(N) Cabinet signs on buildings.
(O) Bannerettes, pennants, ribbons, streamers, strings of light bulbs, balloons and hot or cold air inflatable devices, human sign spinners, or similar devices, except as may be approved by a special event permit in accordance with the provisions as set forth in §§ 152.125 et seq., Signs.
(Ord. 2023-02, passed 5-9-23; Am. Ord. 2024-02, passed 5-14-24)