The following signs are prohibited in the city:
A. Any sign that is not permanently mounted or attached to a vehicle parked for the purpose of calling attention to or advertising a special business establishment.
B. Any sign or sign structure which has become a public nuisance due to inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, or abandonment.
C. Any sign which obstructs in any manner the ingress to, or egress from, a door, window, fire escape, or other accessway required by building codes adopted by the city.
D. Any sign unlawfully installed, erected, or maintained.
E. Any sign now or hereafter existing which no longer advertises a business conducted or a product sold as prescribed in this chapter.
F. Any sign which encroaches into any city right of way and/or easement, except an under canopy sign or projecting sign.
G. Animated signs.
H. Pole signs.
I. Any sign that flashes, blinks, moves, changes color, appears to change color, changes intensity, or contains any part of attachment which does the same except that standard barber poles, time and temperature signs, and approved bulletin board signs shall be permitted in commercial and industrial zones if otherwise in compliance with these provisions.
J. Any unofficial sign, signal or device, or any sign, signal or device which purports to be or is an imitation of, or resembles an official traffic sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view any official sign or signal.
K. Any light of any color of such brilliance as to blind or dazzle the vision of drivers upon any roadway or highway nor shall any light be placed in such position as to prevent the driver of a vehicle from readily recognizing any traffic sign or signal.
L. Any sign located so that it interferes with visibility at an intersection, public right of way, driveway, or other ingress/egress.
M. Any sign located or displayed on or over public property except as expressly permitted by these provisions unless approved by the city council.
N. Any sign attached to a tree.
O. Any rooftop mounted sign.
P. Any sign erected or maintained which has less horizontal or vertical clearance from communication lines and energized electrical power lines than that prescribed by the state, or rules and regulations duly promulgated by agencies thereof.
Q. Off site signs, advertising structures and billboards.
R. Portable signs, other than approved banners and sandwich board signs.
S. Any sign which is obscene or offensive to morals; containing statements, words, or pictures of an obscene, indecent, or immoral character which, taken as a whole, appeal to the prurient interest in sex, and which signs are patently offensive and, when taken as a whole, do not have serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
T. Any sign which, in the opinion of the Community Development Director and based upon applicable legal standards, is in conflict with the spirit or intent of this chapter. (Ord. 2013-006, 1-14-2014)