The following signs are prohibited:
(A) Nonconforming political signs.
(B) Imitation of traffic and emergency signs.
(C) Signs in right-of-way. No sign shall be erected or affixed within or project over any public right-of-way or cross the public right-of-way line extended across a railroad right-of-way. No sign shall be placed within ten feet of any road edge. This division shall not be construed so as to prohibit vehicular signs as long as such comply with other provisions of this section, nor to prohibit the carrying or display of signs by a person or persons as long as such sign is not connected or affixed to the real property comprising of the public right-of-way, its fixtures and appurtenances.
(D) Signs on public property. No person shall attach any sign, paper or other material or paint, stencil or write any name, number or otherwise mark on any sidewalk, curb, gutter, street, tree or utility pole located on public property or within the public right-of-way, public building, public fence or public structure. This division shall not prohibit the posting of governmental signs or the painting or attachment of street address numbers to curbs.
(Ord. 476, passed 11-12-96; Am. Ord. O-2021-004, passed 1-26-21) Penalty, see § 154.99