The following signs shall be prohibited, except as otherwise allowed in this chapter:
(A) Signs interfering with traffic safety. Any sign that obstructs the view of bicyclists or motorists using any street, approach to any street intersection or which interferes with the effectiveness of or obscures any traffic sign, device or signal as determined by the Ordinance Administrator;
(B) Signs misconstrued as regulatory. Signs which contain lights, rotating disks, words and other devices not erected by a public authority which may be erroneously construed as regulatory signs or emergency warning signs. An example of this is a sign which contains a picture of a traffic sign, plus the word “Stop” or “Yield”;
(C) Signs within the right-of-way. Any sign (other than a regulatory sign), banner or display placed on any curb, sidewalk, post, pole, hydrant, bridge, tree or other surface located on, over or across any street or right-of-way, or any banner, placed on stakes on a property, unless otherwise permitted;
(D) Signs blocking existing signs. Any sign located in such a way as to intentionally deny visual access to another existing sign;
(E) Flashing signs. Signs with flashing or reflective disks, signs with flashing lights or lights of changing degree of intensity or color (except regulatory signs);
(F) Signs on stakes. On- or off-premise pole signs or signs on metal or wood stakes not affixed to a permanent foundation (excluding regulatory signs and temporary signs);
(G) Portable signs. Portable signs, including marquee signs with the wheels and axles that have been removed and placed on permanent foundations;
(H) Vehicular signs. Vehicular signs placed or parked in such a manner to advertise from any street right-of-way. This also includes billboards or outdoor advertising signs mounted to the bed of a truck;
(I) Moving or rotating signs. Signs which rotate or have any mechanical or wind driven components that cause the sign to move or transform;
(J) Roof signs. Roof signs that extend above the soffit of a pitched roof, or above the highest point of a mansard roof or parapet wall;
(K) Billboards. Off-premises commercial advertising signs (e.g., billboards) of any size and in any area, except those signs part of the Federal Aid Primary System (FAP) and subject to the requirements of the Highway Beautification Act, being 23 U.S.C. § 131; and
(L) Inflatable signs. Inflatable signs (including inflated balloons with a diameter of greater than two feet), except as allowed as part of a temporary display as part of a holiday or civic event.
(Ord. passed 3-5-2018)