The following signs are prohibited within the corporate limits of the city:
(A) Portable signs, as defined in § 153.06;
(B) Attention getting devices, including temporary signs, searchlights, propellers, pennants, streamers, ribbons, strings of light bulbs, spinners, balloons and similar devices, except for special occasions such as grand openings, which shall be limited to 14 days. No temporary special occasion signing shall be permitted more than two times in any 12-month period for the same enterprise or location;
(C) Signs which have blinking, flashing or fluttering lights, excluding time and temperature signs, as defined in § 153.06;
(D) Moving signs;
(E) Signs which produce movements achieved by normal wind currents, other than weather vanes unrelated to business or commerce;
(F) Signs that contain statements, words or pictures of an obscene, indecent or immoral character, such as will offend community standards or public morality or decency;
(G) Signs which advertise illegal activities;
(H) Any sign or sign structure which constitutes a hazard to public health or safety;
(I) Signs which by reason of size, location, content, coloring or manner of illumination obstruct the vision of drivers, or obstruct or detract from the visibility or effectiveness of any traffic sign or control device on public streets and roads;
(J) Signs which are structurally unsafe, which have broken components, which are illegible, in whole or in part, or which present a danger to the public;
(K) Signs using human beings or live animals as part of the message or display which are visible from any public street, except for a period of not more than 24 hours in connection with a special promotional activity;
(L) Private signs which contain words such as stop, look, one-way, danger, yield, or phrases, symbols, lights or characters in such a manner as to interfere with, mislead or confuse the public; and
(M) Abandoned signs.
(Prior Code, § 8-7-8) (Ord. 406, passed 1-20-1992) Penalty, see § 153.99