The following Signs are prohibited within the City:
(a) Signs Constituting a Traffic Hazard. No Sign shall be placed, displayed, or illuminated so as to obstruct or impair driver vision and traffic flow. A Sign shall not obstruct the view of any official traffic Sign, traffic signal, or traffic marking. Signs that, by reason of their location, shape, size, or color, approximate official highway signs, warning signs, or regulatory devices are prohibited;
(b) Animated Signs, except for permitted Changeable Copy and Electronic Message Boards as permitted in Section 1331.06
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(c) Portable Signs, not including A-Frame Signs.
(d) “Wrap-around” Signs or other continuous Wall Signs that extend around Building corners or radii.
(e) Off-Premise Signs.
(f) Outdoor Advertising (Billboard) Signs. No new Outdoor Advertising (Billboard) Signs shall be permitted to be constructed in the City.
(g) Facsimile Signs.
(h) Signs placed within any required sight triangle.
(i) Signs attached to or painted on utility poles, trees, parking meters, bridges and overpasses, rocks, other Signs, benches, and refuse containers, except the latter two may contain an officially recognized logotype.
(j) Roof Signs.
(k) Pavement markings for purposes other than traffic control, including creative applications to increase awareness and safety of traffic-flow and movement.
(l) Signs placed within or extending into the right-of-way of City and state-maintained Streets and roads, except those Signs erected by a duly constituted government body.
(m) Signs that exhibit statements, words, or pictures of obscene or pornographic subjects as determined by the City.
(n) Signs that advertise an activity or business no longer conducted on the property after a continuous period of sixty (60) days on which the Sign is located.
(o) Indirect Illumination, such as floodlights, erected in such a manner as to cause glare that impairs driver vision on Streets or roadways or that causes a Nuisance to adjoining property.
(p) Beacons, spotlights, searchlights, and projectors. Signs which use beacons, spotlights, searchlights or projectors visible from public rights-of-way are prohibited.
(q) Signs that obstruct fire escapes, windows, doors, or other openings used as a means of egress or as required legal ventilation.
(r) Signs that in the purview of the City Engineer/Planning Director or designee do not conform to the provisions of these regulations.
(Ord. 2021-07. Passed 7-21-21.)