The following signs are prohibited:
(A) Any sign not permitted by this subchapter;
(B) Any sign which does not conform with the regulations in this chapter;
(C) Flashing, strobing or blinking lights, and beacons or other lights which are used for a purpose other than solely to illuminate the face of a sign which are not part of the sign;
(D) No device or vehicle which has been, is or could be licensed as a vehicle, a trailer, or a part of a vehicle or trailer shall be used as either a temporary or permanent sign. This does not preclude the painting or placement of signs on vehicles which are licensed for and operated on streets for the purpose of providing mobile advertisement, provided the vehicle so equipped is otherwise in compliance with all local, state and federal laws pertaining to the operation of vehicles on streets;
(E) Changeable copy signs in residential districts;
(F) All miscellaneous advertising devices not specifically authorized by this code;
(G) Portable signs, or signs with movable stands, legs or on wheels;
(H) Signs attached to fences, trees, street signs or utility poles;
(I) Abandoned signs;
(J) Signs on or within parked motor vehicles, farm equipment, all-terrain vehicles or other similar vehicles, designed to be conspicuously visible for advertising or informational purposes from outside the vehicle, other than trailer signs, lettering on trucks or other commercial vehicles;
(K) Signs that imitate, or can be confused with, traffic control devices;
(L) Off premise advertising; and
(M) Signs on microwave, radio, transmission or receiving towers or on satellite dishes.
(Ord. 03-05, § 832-25, passed 5-27-2003; Am. Ord. 10-07, passed 5-24-2010; Am. Ord. 2017-06, passed 6-12-2017)