(A) No person shall place or maintain or display upon or in view of any street any unofficial sign, signal or device which purports to be, or is an imitation of, or resembles a traffic, sign or signal, which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view any traffic sign or signal.
(B) Every such prohibited sign, signal or device is declared to be a public nuisance and the Newport Police Department is empowered to remove the sign without notice.