The following signs are expressly prohibited unless exempted by Part 5.01.00 of this Code or expressly authorized by Part 5.03.00 or Part 5.04.00 of this Code:
A. Signs that are in violation of the building code or electrical code adopted by the City.
B. Any sign that, in the opinion of the Board, does or will constitute a safety hazard.
C. Blank temporary signs.
D. Signs with visible moving, revolving, or rotating parts or visible mechanical movement of any description or other apparent visible movement achieved by electrical, electronic, or mechanical means, except for traditional barber poles.
E. Signs with the optical illusion of movement by means of a design that presents a pattern capable of giving the illusion of motion or changing of copy.
F. Signs with lights or illuminations that flash, move, rotate, scintillate, blink, flicker, or vary in intensity or color except for time/temperature/date signs.
G. Signs carried by a person for the purpose of advertising.
H. Banners, except for temporary banners as authorized in Section 5.03.05, subsection “F”, of this Code.
I. Inflatable signs.
J. Signs that incorporate projected images emit any sound that is intended to attract attention, or involve the use of live animals.
K. Signs or sign structures that interfere in any way with free use of any fire escape, emergency exit, or standpipe, or that obstruct any window to such an extent that light or ventilation is reduced to a point below that required by any provision of this Code or other ordinance of the City.
L. Signs that emit audible sound, odor, or visible matter such as smoke or steam.
M. Signs that resemble any official sign or marker erected by any governmental agency, or that by reason of position, shape or color, would conflict with the proper functioning of any traffic sign or signal, or be of a size, location, movement, content, color, or illumination that may be reasonable confused with or construed as, or conceal, a traffic control device.
N. Signs that obstruct the vision of pedestrians, cyclists, or motorists traveling on or entering public streets.
O. Non-governmental signs that use the words “stop,” “look,” “danger,” or any similar work, phrase, or symbol.
P. Signs that are of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or impair the vision of any motorist, cyclist, or pedestrian using or entering a public way, or that are a hazard or a nuisance to occupants of any property because of glare or other characteristics.
Q. Searchlights used to advertise or promote a business or to attract customers to a property.
R. Signs that are painted, pasted, or printed on any curbstone, flagstone, pavement, or any portion of any sidewalk or street, except house numbers and traffic control signs.
S. Signs placed upon benches, bus shelters, or waste receptacles, except as may be authorized in writing pursuant to F.S. § 337.407.
T. Signs erected on public property, or on private property (such as private utility poles) located on public property, other than signs erected by a public authority for public purposes.
U. Signs erected over or across any public street except as may otherwise be expressly authorized by this Code, and except governmental signs erected by or on the order of a public officer.
V. All off-premise outdoor advertising signs, except the City-controlled sign at Canal Park.
W. No person or business shall operate or park any vehicle or trailer in a non-designated parking spot/lot on public right of way or public property so as to be visible from the public right of way, which has attached thereto or located thereon any sign or advertising device for the primary purpose of advertisement of products or directing people to a business or activity located on the same or nearby property or any other premises.
X. Any sign erected or displayed in any fresh water wetlands or salt marsh areas subject to periodic inundation by tidal saltwater.
Y. Portable signs.
Z. Snipe signs.
(Ord. 711, passed 2-5-2019)