The following are prohibited within the jurisdiction of this article:
(1) Swinging signs.
(2) Snipe signs.
(3) Portable signs, except for special events.
(4) Banners, pendants, flags and balloons, except as otherwise allowed.
(5) Off-premises signs along public thoroughfares.
(6) A sign which contains any moving, flashing, animated lights, visible moving or movable parts, or giving the appearance of animation.
(7) Vehicle signs, except as exempt in section 36-333.
(8) Any sign which emits a sound, odor or visible matter.
(9) Any sign which obstructs free ingress or egress from a required door, window, fire escape or other required exit way.
(10) Any sign and/or sign structure which obstructs the view of, may be confused with, or purports to be a governmental or traffic direction/safety sign.
(11) Signs painted on or attached to trees, fence posts, rocks or other natural features, telephone or utility poles, or painted on roofs or walls of buildings designed to be visible from any public thoroughfare.
(12) Abandoned signs.
(13) Any sign which exhibits statements, words or pictures of obscene or pornographic subjects as defined in G.S. ch. 15.
(14) Signs affixed to a private residence or dwelling, or displayed upon the grounds thereof, except one personal identification sign not exceeding two square feet of sign area, and one non-illuminated "For Sale" or "For Rent" sign not exceeding four square feet per sign face, and any other signs authorized by this article.
(15) Inflatable signs.
(16) Political signs on public property and within public rights-of-way. The town may remove these signs immediately.
(17) Signs, whether temporary or permanent, within any street or highway right-of-way, or within ten feet from the edge of any roadway, paved or not, where no right-of-way exists, with the exception of governmental signs.
(18) Neon type signs, in all circumstances, except for windows signs as provided in section 36-334(9).
(Code 1989, § 92.156; Ord. of 1-9-2001; Ord. of 11-18-2003)