The following signs shall be prohibited in all districts.
(A) Signs located on, in or above the right-of-way of any street or alley, except for: official signs or signs erected on behalf of or pursuant to authorization of a governmental body; and projecting signs as expressly permitted by later sections of this subchapter.
(B) Signs which interfere with street intersections. No sign, permanent or temporary, shall be erected so that it interferes with the sight distance as specified in § 152.020.
(C) Signs which interfere with, obstruct the view of, imitate, copy, purport to be, or may be confused with any authorized official sign, traffic sign, traffic signal, or traffic-control device.
(D) Portable signs, including but not limited to: A-frame, T-frame, menu board, and sandwich board signs (except as expressly authorized by § 152.231(L)(5)); signs on portable trailer frames; and signs attached to or painted on a vehicle parked and visible from the public right-of-way; provided, however, a vehicle which is used in the normal day-to-day operation of a business use shall not be considered a portable sign if the vehicle is parked beside or behind the building in which the use is located, or if the sign on the vehicle contains less than 9 square feet in sign surface area.
(E) Windblown devices, including but not limited to any banner, pennant, spinner, streamer, propeller, disc, moored blimp, gas balloon, or flag that is designed to inform or attract attention (except for exempt flags as set forth in § 152.231).
(F) Signs attached to trees.
(G) Signs attached to utility poles, except for signs erected on behalf of or pursuant to authorization of a governmental body or the utility company having jurisdiction over the poles.
(H) Signs that bear or contain statements, words, or pictures of an obscene, pornographic, immoral character, or which contain advertising matter which is untruthful or will offend public morals or decency.
(I) Any sign that obstructs or substantially interferes with any window, door, fire escape, stairway, ladder, or opening intended to provide light, air, ingress, or egress to any building.
(J) Any changeable copy sign, including without limitation an electronic variable message sign on which the message changes more than 6 times per minute.
(K) Any rotating beam, beacon, intermittent light, lights of changing degrees of intensity, or flashing illumination in connection with any sign surface, except as part of an electronic variable message sign on which the message does not change more than 6 times per minute.
(L) Roof signs.
(M) Any other type of sign located on private property outside of a public right-of-way not expressly permitted by this subchapter.
(Ord. 1221, § 8.03(b), passed 1-26-2010)