(A) Any sign not expressly permitted.
(B) Any sign or sign structure which:
(1) Is structurally unsafe;
(2) Constitutes a hazard to safety or health by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, or abandonment;
(3) Constitutes a hazard to safety or health by reason of blocking views;
(4) Is capable of causing electric shock to a person who comes in contact with it;
(5) Is unlawfully installed, erected, or maintained;
(6) Is located in a public street or utility right-of-way, except where expressly permitted herein; or
(7) Is not kept in good repair, such that it has broken parts, missing letters, or non-operational lights.
(C) Abandoned/obsolete signs.
(D) Real estate signs no longer valid due to the sale, rental, or lease of the property.
(E) Signs with flashing or moving lights.
(F) Moving signs, including any sign which has visible moving parts, visible revolving parts, visible mechanical movement, or other visible movement achieved by electrical, electronic, or mechanical means, including intermittent electric pulsations or movement caused by normal wind current, excludes barber poles and electronic time/temperature signs that do not contain business messages.
(G) Signs that simulate or could in any way be confused with the lighting of emergency vehicles or traffic signals.
(H) Any sign which makes use of the words “stop”, “look”, or “danger”, or any other words, phrases, symbols, or characters, in such a manner as to interfere with, mislead, or confuse traffic.
(I) Any signs which contains obscene, indecent, or immoral matter.
(J) Any sign erected within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
(K) Any sign which obstructs vision or free access to or egress from a required door, window, fire escape, or other required exit from a building or structure.
(L) Balloons, pennants, festoons, inflatable figures, spinners, and streamers, unless specifically permitted by this subchapter.
(M) String lights used for commercial purposes, other than holiday decorations. Holiday decorations are admissible only 45 days per calendar year per holiday.
(N) Any sign erected on a tree or utility pole, except government or utility signs of a government or utility.
(O) Portable signs, except where expressly permitted by this subchapter.
(P) Signs affixed to a parked vehicle or truck trailer which is being used principally for advertising purposes, rather than for transportation purposes, and parked close to a street in a large commercial parking lot.
(Q) Business logos on directional signs.
(R) Billboards/off-premises signs, unless provided for in this subchapter or covered under the State Highway Act.
(Ord. 434, passed 7-10-2008)