The following signs are expressly prohibited within the City of Fort Worth:
(a) Off-premise signs, unless provisions for such signs are contained within these regulations;
(b) Signs erected in violation of city building, electrical or sign codes or other applicable local regulations;
(c) Signs erected in violation of federal or state law;
(d) Pole signs;
(e) Portable signs, except those allowed under §§ 6.403 and 6.404;
(f) Animated signs, flashing signs, running message, twinkle or running light signs, and revolving signs or any other sign that moves. Electronic changeable copy signs may be permitted by special exception from the board of adjustment in accordance with § 6.411 below;
(g) Signs illuminated to such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or impair vision. Lighting shall be shielded upward to prevent beams or rays from being directed at any portion of a traveled roadway or an occupied residential area. Nothing herein shall be construed to permit the lighting of signs near airports which would conflict with any regulations adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration in the furtherance of air safety. This requirement shall not apply to internally lit signs with a lighting intensity of less than 150-foot lamberts;
(h) Signs erected in or projecting into the public right-of-way unless an encroachment agreement is executed in accordance with the requirements of the sign code (Chapter 29 of the city code) and any other ordinances regulating encroachments;
(i) Signs on vehicles or trailers that are parked or located for the primary purpose of displaying the sign. It shall be prima facie evidence that the primary purpose of a vehicle or trailer is to display a sign if the vehicle or trailer is parked on a site for a continuous period exceeding 72 hours;
(j) “V” type signs with a face that protrudes from the opposite face at an interior angle greater than 25 degrees. This restriction shall not be construed to prevent oval, cylindrical or box type signs; and
(k) Signs with sign structure larger than is reasonably necessary to support the sign.
(Ord. 17872-11-2007, § 1, passed 11-6-2007; Ord. 19227-07-2010, § 3, passed 7-13-2010)