The following signs are prohibited:
(1) Abandoned signs.
(2) All non-exempt signs without necessary and/or valid permits/approvals.
(3) Animated signs.
(4) Any sign located within a required clear-vision triangle.
(5) Off-site identification signs, except government, civic, and real estate signs as provided in this chapter.
(6) Off-site advertising signs, except electronic billboards permitted within the Freeway Commercial (C-F) Zoning District pursuant to Section 21.76.140 of this chapter. Conversion of a non-electric billboard to an electronic billboard is only permitted within the Freeway Commercial (C-F) Zoning District, and is subject to the requirements of Section 21.76.140.
(7) Pole signs.
(8) Portable signs, including hand-held temporary signs.
(9) Roof signs.
(10) Signs erected without the permission of the owner (or his/her agent) of the property on which the sign is located.
(11) Signs within or projecting over the public right-of-way, with the exception of governmental or city-sponsored civic signs.
(12) Signs which purport to be or are an imitation of or resemble official traffic warning devices or signs, that by color, location or lighting may confuse or disorient vehicular or pedestrian traffic, excluding authorized on-site directional sites.
(13) Signs painted directly on an exterior wall, fence, fascia, or parapet.
(14) Signs with exposed neon tubing or neon tubing enclosed in a sign cabinet with a clear plexiglas sign face, with the exception of exempt window signs.
(15) Vehicle signs where the primary purpose or use of the vehicle is the display of advertising matter. This does not apply to signs maintained on vehicles when such advertising is incidental to the primary purpose for which the vehicle is being used.
(16) Neon signs including signs with neon tubing enclosed in a sign cabinet with a clear sign face, with the exception of exempt window signs.
(Ord. 722, § 6, 2022; Ord. 627, § 7, 2009; Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).