(A) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the movement of traffic or the effectiveness of an official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.
(B) No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.
(C) Every prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the Director of Public Works is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.
(D) No person shall sell or offer for sale any traffic-control device to be used on any street or highway in this state which does not conform to the requirements of law.
(E) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
(1990 Code, § 28-58) (Ord. 79-690, passed 9-17-1979; Ord. 17-3538, passed 2-6-2017; Ord. 20-3609, passed 4-6-2020) Penalty, see §
70.999
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-310