It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, install, construct, display, maintain, reconstruct, place, locate, relocate, or make use of any of the following signs:
(A) Unapproved signs on private property. Signs located on private property without the consent of the owner of the premises or the persons holding the present right of possession and control.
(B) Parking and maneuvering areas. Signs which are located in or interfere with the use of a required off-street parking space or maneuvering area.
(C) Unsafe signs. Signs which are or become deteriorated, dilapidated, in danger of falling, or which are otherwise unsafe.
(D) Signs on public property or utility-mounted signs. Any private sign located on or attached to a public street light, utility pole, hydrant, bridge, traffic control device, street sign or other public structure or building, or located in, on, over, or within a public street, sidewalk, alley, easement or right-of-way. This prohibition does not apply to projecting signs in the downtown district, or to wayfinding signs, kiosks, or banners as permitted by license under this chapter.
(E) Code compliance. Signs which do not comply with any applicable provision of a building code, electrical code or other applicable code or ordinance of the city.
(F) Trees and shrubs. Signs located on trees and shrubs.
(G) Motion picture signs. Signs which employ a motion picture machine, or which display moving images, or images which give the impression of motion, including those using digital display.
(H) Signs obscuring or interfering with certain views.
(1) Signs located or illuminated in such a manner as to obscure or otherwise interfere with the effectiveness of an official traffic sign, signal or device or so as to obstruct or interfere with the view of a driver of approaching, emerging or intersecting traffic or so as to prevent any traveler on any street from obtaining a clear view of approaching vehicles for a distance of 250 feet along the street;
(2) A sign other than a traffic control sign or signal, in a triangle sight area at all intersections including that portion of public right-of-way and any corner lot within a triangle formed by a diagonal line extending through points on the two property lines 25 feet from the street corner intersection of the property lines or that point of the intersection of the property lines extended and intersecting the curb lines.
(I) Certain illuminated signs.
(1) Signs which are illuminated, from within or without, in such a manner, to such intensity, or without proper shielding, so as to constitute a hazard to the operation of motor vehicles upon a public street or substantially interfere with the reasonable enjoyment of residential property; or
(2) Signs which have any type of intermittent illumination, including flashing, fading, revolving or blinking lights, or any type of moving, traveling or changing message by means of illumination.
(J) Signs on parked vehicles. Signs placed on or affixed to vehicles or trailers which are parked in the public right-of-way, public property or private property so as to be visible from the public right-of-way where the apparent purpose is to advertise a product or direct people to a business or activity located on the same or nearby property. However, it is not in any way intended to prohibit signs placed on or affixed to vehicles and trailers, such as, lettering on motor vehicles, where the sign is incidental to the primary use, sale, or ownership of the vehicle or trailer.
(K) Off-premise outdoor commercial advertising signs.
(L) Billboards.
(M) Signs which imitate or resemble official traffic signs, signals, or devices. This includes those signs which use a revolving beam or beacon resembling any emergency vehicle, or are located or illuminated in such as manner as to obscure or otherwise interfere with the view of a driver approaching vehicles from a distance of 250 feet along the street.
(Ord. 01-2016-07, passed 1-26-16)