A. Prohibited Signs: The following signs are specifically prohibited in any district:
1. Motion signs, including rotating, animated, and flashing signs other than dynamic display signs as permitted elsewhere in this chapter.
2. Roof Signs
3. Signs Painted on windows and walls and other structures.
4. Obsolete or Abandoned Signs. Illegal signs and illegal nonconforming signs.
5. Signs Attached to Utility Poles, Streetlights, Towers, Trees, Fences, Rocks, or Other Similar Natural Surfaces.
6. Searchlights or beacons.
7. No person shall display, place, erect, post, maintain, install, affix a sign on any portion of a pedestrian bridge or overpass that passes over a freeway or a controlled access highway.
8. No sign shall be permitted that is a hazard to the public health, safety, convenience, or general welfare.
9. Benches and Bus Shelter Signs: Signs on bus shelters and bus benches are prohibited.
10. Off premises signs.
11. On corner lots, no signs are permitted within a clear view triangle. The clear view triangle is that area that begins at the intersection of the front property line and corner side property line and is measured back ten feet (101) along both property lines. Those points are then connected with a straight line.
12. No sign shall contain any obscene matter as defined by Minnesota Statutes Section 617.241.
13. Pennants or feather flags.
14. Inflatable signs.
15. Pylon signs.
16. Signs that obstruct windows, doors, fire escapes, or an opening intended to provide ingress or egress to any structure or building.
17. Signs that appear in color or design to resemble a traffic sign or signal or that make use of words, symbols, or characters in such a manner as to interfere with, mislead, or confuse pedestrian or vehicular traffic. (Ord. 1082, 5-1-2024)
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