The following signs are expressly prohibited unless specifically stated otherwise in this chapter:
(A) Animated or moving signs. Including, but not limited to, pennants, flags with commercial messages, banners, streamers, propellers and searchlights.
(B) Flashing signs. Any signs that include lights designed to attract attention or any flashing lights designed to attract attention, not including time and temperature signs.
(C) Glaring signs. Signs with light sources or reflectivity of such brightness that constitutes a hazard or nuisance as determined by the Administrator.
(D) Inflatable signs and objects. Including, but not limited to balloons.
(E) Off-premise signs, including billboards. Any sign which is not located on the premises that it identifies or advertises.
(F) Portable signs. Any sign that is not permanently affixed to a building, structure or the ground. This shall not apply to authorized temporary signs.
(G) Posters and handbills. Any sign affixed to trees or other natural vegetation, rocks or utility poles.
(H) Roof signs. Any signs which are erected or painted on a roof or which extend in height above the roofline of the building on which the sign is erected.
(I) Backlit awnings. A cloth or nonstructural covering that is permanently attached to a building which is lit by a light source intended to illuminate the awning material.
(J) Vehicle for sale signs. For sale signs in windows of automobiles or other vehicles parked for more than three hours on or beside the public right-of-way in nonresidential area of the city, except in the vehicle owner's driveway.
(K) Signs with changeable copy. Any signs which have changeable copy as defined herein.
(L) Signs with color(s) other than approved colors.
(Ord. 222-1991, passed 12-16-91; Am. Ord. 232-1992, passed 9-21-92; Am. Ord. 383-1998, passed 11-16-98; Am. Ord. 540-2014, passed 12-15-14) Penalty, see § 157.99