(A) No motor vehicle or trailer having a sign painted or mounted thereon shall be parked on the premises of the business or enterprise or in the parking lot of any shopping center in which the business or enterprise maintains a place of business unless:
(1) The motor vehicle or trailer is parking a lawful parking location to the rear of a building located on the premises in a manner so that the motor vehicle or trailer is not visible from any public street abutting the front of the premises or shopping center; or
(2) If there are no lawful parking locations as described in division (A)(1) of this section, the motor vehicle or trailer shall be parked at least 100 feet from any public right-of-way abutting the premises or shopping center or in the lawful parking location on the premises or within the shopping center which is farthest from an abutting right-of-way, whichever parking location is farther from the public right-of-way.
(B) Any person violating division (A) of this section shall be subject to all of the penalties and proceedings described in § 153.999. In addition, any vehicle found in violation of division (A) of this section shall be subject to impoundment.
(C) Nothing in this section shall apply to a sign painted or mounted upon a motor vehicle or trailer when the sign has a total area of six square feet or less.
(D) Nothing in this section shall apply to a sign painted on a vehicle either rented or available for rent in the ordinary course of business if:
(1) The business premises on which the vehicle is located is operated by a business holding an occupational license issued by the town for automobile or other vehicle rentals; and
(2) The sign painted on the vehicle primarily consists of the name and/or business logo or trademark of the vehicle rental business.
(E) Nothing in this section shall be intended to prohibit any form of vehicular sign permanently attached to a business or lettered on a motor vehicle.
(Ord. 2007-01, passed 1-23-2007; Ord. 2016-02, passed 4-26-2016) Penalty, see § 153.999