The following devices and locations are specifically prohibited:
(A) Signs located in such a manner as to obstruct, or otherwise interfere with, an official traffic sign, signal, or device or obstruct or interfere with a driver’s view of approaching, merging or intersecting traffic;
(B) Except as provided for elsewhere in this code, signs encroaching upon, or overhanging, public right-of-way. No sign shall be attached to any utility pole, light standard, street tree or any other public facility located within the public right-of-way;
(C) Cloth paper, soft plastic, or similar advertising signs or devices, other than in rigid frames, as provided herein, except those intended as temporary signs, or as provided by division (G) below;
(D) Signs which blink, flash or are animated by lighting, in any fashion, that would cause such signs to have the appearance of traffic safety signs and lights, or municipal vehicle warnings, from a distance;
(E) Portable signs, except as allowed for temporary signs;
(F) Any sign attached to, or placed on, a vehicle or trailer parked on public or private property. The prohibition of this division does not prohibit the identification of a firm, or its principal products, on a vehicle operating during the normal course of business or being taken home;
(G) Pennants, banners and private flags hearing any logo, product name, business name or other advertising, and balloons, except those temporarily attached to automobiles or temporarily displayed as
part of a special sale, promotion or community event. For the purposes of this section, TEMPORARY means no more than 60 days in any calendar year; and
(H) Billboards may only be placed in industrial zoning.
(Ord. 9-8-05D, passed 9-8-2005)