The following signs and advertising devices are hereby declaimed to be unlawful:
A. Any sign erected in a location prohibited by this chapter;
B. Any sign erected in a public easement or right-of-way;
C. Any sign erected so as to prevent free ingress to or egress from any door or window, or any other exit way required by the building or fire codes of the city;
D. Any sign attached to any public utility pole, tree, fire hydrant, curb, sidewalk, or other surface located on public property;
E. Any sign erected in any location where, by reason of its location, will obstruct the view of any authorized traffic sign, signal, or other traffic- control device. Nor may any sign, by reason of its shape, position, or color interfere with or be confused with any authorized traffic signal sign or device. Further, no sign shall be erected in a location where it will obstruct vision of the public right-of-way to a vehicle operator during ingress to, egress from, or while traveling on the public right-of-way;
F. Any on-premises sign advertising an article or product not manufactured, assembled, processed, repaired, or sold or a service not rendered upon the premises upon which the sign is located, and not located or constructed such as to quality as a “standard outdoor advertising structure or billboard;”
G. Any sign or advertising device such as banners and pennants affixed on poles, wires, ropes, or streamers, wind-operated devices, fluttering signs, pinwheels, streamers, banners, street banners, and “A” frames or other portable signs of like nature, and other similar contraptions or techniques except as allowed through the provisions of § 11.11;
H. Off-site or off-premises signs except as provided in this section;
I. Signs that display flashing, intermittent, or animated lighting or illumination, or any illumination which simulates or displays motion, except those permitted electronic message centers;
J. Portable signs, signs not permanently affixed to the ground;
K. Signs which contain characters, or cartoons, or contain statements, words, or pictures of any obscene, indecent, prurient, or immoral character.
(1980 Code, Ch. 156, § 11.04) (Ord. 1995-7, passed 6-5-1995; Am. Ord. 2013-15, passed 5-28-2013)