(A) No sign shall be placed in a manner visible from any public street, alley, right-of-way, sidewalk or other public easement except as provided herein nor shall any sign be placed in or extend over any required yard in any district or be placed in or extend over any street, right-of-way, roadway, sidewalk, public or private utility or access or other easement, or alley except as provided herein.
(B) All signs allowed hereunder shall be constructed and placed so as not to interfere with vehicular traffic by obstructing sight lines for streets, pedestrian rights-of-way and driveways.
(C) No sign shall be allowed to be illuminated except as expressly provided herein.
(1) All illuminated signs shall be subject to the provision of the Electrical Code and its requisite permit fees.
(2) Signs which are otherwise allowed to be illuminated are not allowed if the authorized city official shall find that the lighting causes glare or otherwise interferes with the vision of persons operating motor vehicles.
(3) All illuminated signs shall be non-flashing and shall be constant in intensity and color, except that signs which display time and temperature are allowed in C-N, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-M, M—1, M—2 and M—3 zones.
(D) No sign shall be allowed if the authorized city official finds that the sign is constructed or designed in a manner which may cause the sign to be confused with a traffic sign or other traffic-control device.
(E) The maximum allowed area for all signs other than freestanding business signs shall be determined by drawing 4 or fewer straight lines encompassing the extremities of the sign within the smallest possible area.
(F) The maximum allowed area for freestanding business signs shall be measured by drawing eight or fewer straight lines encompassing the extremities of the sign within the smallest possible area, provided, however, that the area of a freestanding sign shall not include poles, supports or other structures which are solely for support and which do not contain any advertising and the area of a freestanding sign shall not include the space between the business identification portion of a freestanding business sign and the reader board portion, provided that these portions are separated by a distance of more than two feet and no small freestanding sign is located on the lot.
(G) Signs which revolve, rotate or move in any way shall be allowed in the C-N, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-M, M—1, M—2 and M—3 zones only and no such sign shall move faster than 1 cycle every 10 seconds.
(H) No sign shall have more than 4 faces.
(I) One non-permanent sign may be erected per lot provided that the sign does not exceed 32 square feet in areas or 5 feet above ground in height.
(J) This regulation shall be in addition to the requirements of KRS 177.830 through 177.890.