The following signs are prohibited:
(a) Any sign located in any manner or place so as to constitute a hazard to traffic.
(b) Any moving sign or device to attract attention, all or any part of which moves or appears to move by any means, including fluttering, rotating or otherwise moving devices, or set in motion by movement of the atmosphere or changing light intensity, including but not limited to, pennants, flags, propellers, discs, etc., except as may be permitted under Section 1290.04 and 1290.15(i).
(c) Any flashing sign or device displaying, flashing or intermittent lights or lights of changing degrees of intensity, except a sign indicating time or temperature, with changes alternating on not less than a five-second cycle.
(d) Any illuminated tubing or strings of lights outlining property lines or open sales area, rooflines, doors, windows, or wall edges of any building; whenever such lighting causes a glare upon adjacent properties.
(e) 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 for any building.
(f) Roof signs.
(g) Bare bulb illuminations.
(h) Flame as a source of light.
(i) Any sign attached or otherwise applied to trees, utility poles, bus shelters, benches, trash receptacles, newspaper vending machines, or other unapproved supporting structure, or otherwise placed in the public right-of-way, with the exception of those permitted under Sections 1290.04 and 1290.15(i).
(j) Projecting signs (except in the CB District).
(k) Abandoned signs.
(l) Co-op signs.
(m) The following designated portable signs are prohibited:
(1) Any sign painted on or displayed on vehicles or trailers parked in public places and used primarily for the purpose of advertising.
(2) Any sign which is not permanently attached to a building or like structure, or which is not permanently mounted in the ground, which can be transported to other locations, and which indicates the name of a business or indicates the product, services or entertainment offered by a business or indicates the cost or price thereof, including any sign composed in whole or in part of movable or temporary letters or numerals, except as may be permitted under Sections 1290.04 and 1290.15(i).
(n) Any sign which is a copy or imitation of an official sign, or which purports to have official status.
(p) A sign in dangerous or defective condition shall not be permitted on any premises. Any such sign constitutes a nuisance and shall be removed or repaired under Section 1290.27.
(Ord. 06-29. Passed 5-1-06.)