The following signs are hereby prohibited in all zoning districts in the village of Lindenhurst unless a sign ordinance variance is granted pursuant to § 157.1105 of this chapter:
(A) Any sign displaying flashing or intermittent lights or lights of changing degrees of intensity, except as expressly permitted by § 157.0800 of this chapter.
(B) Any sign that obscures or interferes with a sign displayed by public authority for the purpose of giving traffic instructions or direction or other public information.
(C) Any sign that obstructs a clear view to and from traffic along any public street right of way, entrance, or exit.
(D) Any sign that uses the word "stop" or "danger" or otherwise presents or implies the need or requirement of stopping or caution for the existence of danger or which is a copy or imitation of, or which, for any reason, is likely to be confused with any sign displayed by public authority.
(E) Any sign that obstructs any window, door, fire escape, stairway, ladder, or opening intended to provide light, air, ingress for any building, or egress for any building, as required by law. No sign shall be attached to a standpipe.
(F) Any sign or illumination that causes any direct glare into or upon any building, other than the building to which the sign may be related.
(G) Off site and off premises signs which advertise businesses, establishments, activities, goods, products, facilities, or services or other message not made, produced, sold, or present on the premises or site where the sign is installed and maintained other than those which are permitted under §§ 157.0700 and 157.1000 of this chapter.
(H) Inflatable advertising devices or signs.
(I) Portable trailer signs, either fixed or movable.
(J) Banners which are temporary signs or devices of paper, fabric, plastic, or other flexible materials and are suspended by wires or poles to advertise a special event except as provided for in division 157.1000(E) of this chapter.
(K) Off premises directional signs except as provided for by § 157.1000 of this chapter.
(L) Any sign that violates any provision of any law of the state of Illinois relative to outdoor advertising.
(M) Snipe signs which do not identify a public utility such as a public telephone or which do not identify a recognized and/or real danger to public safety.
(N) Sandwich signs.
(O) Any sign located within a public right of way except as provided by this chapter.
(P) Billboard signs. It shall be unlawful to erect a billboard sign in any area of the village of Lindenhurst.
(Q) Wall signs which are painted directly upon walls.
(R) Signs as a principal use in any zoning district except as otherwise provided for in this chapter.
(S) The posting of any signs on any permanent or temporary structure or building, pole, or tree located in any public street right of way, public park, or other public way or place within the village of Lindenhurst.
(T) Vehicles or any other type of property with "For Sale" signs when located within any public right of way or within any nonresidential zoning lot when vehicles or property are not being sold by a licensed business located within the zoning lot.
(U) Signs mounted to fences except as permitted under the provisions of this chapter.
(V) Statues used for commercial purposes.
(W) Temporary signs affixed to permanent signs.
(X) Signs painted or mounted on rocks or other natural features or affixed to trees.
(Y) A temporary sign attached to a motor vehicle or trailer parked on public or private property so as to be seen from the public right of way for more than 3 consecutive hours for the purpose of advertising a product or directing people to a business activity.
(Z) A sign of any character, including any sign advertising the exact nature and kind of business conducted on the premises, for the exhibition, by posting, painting, or in any other manner displaying of any statement, word, character, or illustration of any obscene, indecent, or immoral nature.
(AA) Searchlights.
(BB) Signs which are deemed by the zoning administrator to be in disrepair, hazardous, defective, structurally unsound, or otherwise unsafe.
(CC) Abandoned signs.
(DD) Signs on any wall, fence, or standard facing the side of any adjoining lot located in any residential zoning district classification.
(EE) Those signs which are prohibited by the village of Lindenhurst zoning ordinance and/or this chapter.
(FF) Real estate sales signs greater than 6 square feet. (See also § 157.1000 of this chapter.)
(GG) Any sign which, or any part of which, is in motion by any means, including fluttering or rotating, or other signs set in motion by movement of the atmosphere. This includes all flags, pennants, whirling objects, windsocks, banners, or other entity(ies) attached to strings or lines. Exceptions to this prohibition shall include the following:
(1) The flag of the United States Of America, U.S. prisoner of war flag, state of Illinois, village of Lindenhurst, and flags of nationally recognized societies or institutions mounted no higher than 25 feet and limited to 1 such flag of each type per lot or parcel of land located in the NB, CB, PBC, O, BK, M, I, RO, and nonresidential PUD districts. Said flags shall not exceed 5 feet by 8 feet in size.
(2) The flag of the United States Of America, U.S. prisoner of war flag, state of Illinois, village of Lindenhurst, flags of nationally recognized societies or institutions, and windsocks in the E, SE, S, R-1, R-2, R-3, and residential PUD districts. Said flags shall not exceed 5 feet by 8 feet in size. Said windsocks shall not exceed 7 feet in length.
(HH) All pole signs which are not listed in division 157.0300(B) of this chapter.
(II) Any grand opening sign(s)/banner(s) which is not approved pursuant to division 157.1000(E) of this chapter.
(Ord. 11-6-1851, passed 6-27-2011)