All signs not expressly permitted by this title are prohibited. In addition, the following sign types are specifically prohibited:
A. Banners used as permanent signs, including banners wrapped around a permanent sign structure, such as a ground sign, blade sign, or wall sign.
B. Balloon signs, including air-infused/air-inflated signs.
C. Home occupations signs within residential districts.
D. Flashing or animation.
E. Moving signs including any sign that rotates, revolves, or has any visible moving part. Any sign that gives the appearance of movement, including signs designed to be moved by wind or other natural elements. This excludes clocks and barber poles.
F. Obscene sign. A sign that is found to meet the established criteria of obscenity: 1) prurient in nature; 2) completely devoid of scientific, political, educational, or social value; and 3) a violation of local community standards.
G. Obsolete copy and obsolete signs. For any sign that becomes obsolete after the effective date of this title, all obsolete copy must be removed within thirty (30) days of the discontinuance of the activity that is the subject of such copy. Compliance with the requirement to remove obsolete copy is not satisfied by reversing (i.e., turning such copy so that it faces inward), rotating, altering, covering, or otherwise hiding or obfuscating such copy. In the case of obsolete copy upon panels within a sign frame, such panels must be removed and replaced with a blank panel or panel with lawfully approved copy. No sign frame may remain unfilled or allow any internal part or element of the sign structure to be visible.
H. Off-premises commercial signs - permanent. Also known as billboards.
I. Off-premises commercial signs - temporary.
J. Outlining of windows, doors, or architectural features with LED, neon, or any type of lighting.
K. Pennants and streamers.
L. Pylon signs.
M. Portable reader-board signs.
N. Roof signs.
O. Strobe lights, moving or fixed spotlights, floodlights/searchlights.
P. Signs that constitute a traffic hazard, including signs that:
1. Interfere with, obstruct the view of, or may be confused with any authorized traffic sign, signal, or device because of its position, shape, or color, including signs illuminated in red, green, or amber color to resemble a traffic signal.
2. Make use of the words STOP, LOOK, DETOUR, DANGER, CAUTION, WARNING, or any other word, phrase, symbol, or character in a manner that misleads, interferes with, or confuses traffic.
Q. Vehicle signs on unlicensed, uninsured, or inoperable vehicles that are placed on the vehicle for the primary purpose of attracting attention to an occupant's presence within a building at which the vehicle is being parked. This prohibition does not include signs painted on or applied to vehicles, trucks, or buses that are being operated and stored in the normal course of business, such as signs located on delivery trucks, moving vans, and rental trucks, provided that the primary purpose of such vehicles is not the display of such sign, and that they are parked or stored in areas related to their use as vehicles and all such vehicles are in operable condition. Vehicle for-sale signs are exempt from this provision.
R. Video display signs (electronic). (Ord. 2017-4-198, 4-17-2017)