No flexible awning, canopy, fixed awning or marquee which extends over or upon any part of the public property described in Section 10-24-010 of this chapter shall carry any signs, words or advertising device whatever other than lettering to indicate the name of the business, the year the business was established and the street number.
Theater marquees may also carry signs indicating the name and describing the subject matter of the attraction and the name or names of the featured players, if any, but such signs shall be limited to five lines of lettering on each side of the marquee. The lettering of signs permitted under this section shall not exceed 24 inches in height. Such marquees and the sign thereon may be illuminated with fixed, flashing or variable illumination.
(Prior code § 34.1-4)