The following acts and practices are defined as nuisances pursuant to section 5/11-60-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code and subject to abatement by the City at the violator’s cost in any manner permitted by law:
A. Specified: Any person constituting, or acting as, a moving sign, as defined in title 10, chapter 20 of this Code, if such moving sign is:
1. a. Located in a Commercial or Business Zoning District or upon public property adjacent and parallel to the Commercial or Business Zoning District; and
b. Located within fifty feet (50') from any public roadway adjacent and parallel to the zoning lot on which the sign is located; or
c. Actually visible from any public roadway or right-of-way; or
2. Interferes with pedestrian traffic along a right-of-way or sidewalk; or
3. Interferes with vehicular traffic in a roadway or actively solicits the attention of drivers through acts or motions specifically directed at any vehicle or driver; or
4. Located within a public roadway, sidewalk or right-of-way.
B. Violation: It shall be a violation of this section and constitute a nuisance for a person to: 1) act as a moving sign; or 2) for a person to direct another to act as a moving sign in violation of this section.
(1987 Code § 3-3)