No sign explicitly prohibited herein may be permitted unless specifically allowed elsewhere in this chapter.
(a) Signs imitating traffic or emergency signals. No sign shall be permitted which imitates an official traffic sign or signal, or contains words or symbols displayed in a manner which might mislead or confuse drivers of vehicles, or which displays intermittent lights resembling the color, size, shape, or order of lights customarily used in traffic signals or on emergency vehicles or law enforcement vehicles, except as part of a permitted private or public traffic control sign.
(b) Public right-of-way. No sign shall project into a public right-of-way except where specifically allowed in this code.
(c) Signs on public property and public right-of-way. Except as provided for elsewhere in this code, no off-premises sign shall be placed on or attached to any curb, sidewalk, utility pole, bridge, tree or other surface located on public property or placed in the public right-of-way.
(d) Obscene or pornographic signs. No sign, visible to the public, shall exhibit statements, words or pictures of an obscene or pornographic nature. For purposes of this division, obscene words, photographs, or depictions are defined as provided in S.C. Code § 16-15-305(B), (C), (D) and (E), as amended.
(e) Signs employing motion. No sign may employ actual motion or the illusion of motion achieved through mechanical, environmental or electrical means. Flags are exempt from this prohibition.
(f) Temporary signs (off-premises).
(g) Pennant and streamer signs.
(h) Balloons and inflatable signs.
(i) Bench signs.
(j) Mobile signs.
(k) Windfeather signs.
(l) Roof signs or any sign extending above the roof line.
(Ord. 4926, passed 8-15-2017)