The following signs are prohibited in all zoning districts:
11.4.1 Signs located within the sight triangle. Signs may not be located within a required clear sight triangle;
11.4.2 Signs obstructing view. Signs may not obstruct the view of pedestrians, bicyclists, and/or motorists using any street or right-of-way or approaching any street intersection. Signs interfering with the effectiveness of or obscuring any traffic sign, device, or signal shall be prohibited. Any sign located in such a way as to deny a visual access to an existing sign;
11.4.3 Signs obstructing pedestrian traffic. Any sign located outdoors which interferes with free passage from or obstructs any fire escape, downspout, window, door, stairway, ladder, or opening intended as a means of ingress or egress, or providing light or air;
11.4.4 Signs located on a street or right-of-way. Any sign (other than a government sign) placed on any curb, sidewalk, post, pole, hydrant, bridge, tree, or other surface and located in, over, or across any street or right-of-way;
11.4.5 Animated, moving, or motion signs. Flashing signs, signs with flashing or reflective disks, flashing lights or lights of changing degree of intensity or color, or signs with electrically scrolled messages and oscillating signs. Government and public educational facility signs and portions of a sign that display time and/or temperature shall be exempt from this prohibition, provided such signs are in conformance with all other applicable requirements. Includes pop-up and/or blow-up objects;
11.4.6 Windblown or inflated signs. Fluttering, spinning, windblown, or inflated devices, including pennants, propeller discs, flags, or banners, which do not conform to the requirements of this ordinance. Excluded from this definition are temporary feather flags at commercial properties during business hours of operation;
11.4.7 Temporary, nonpermanent signs. Temporary, nonpermanent signs, including over-head streamers, are not permitted in any zoning district, unless otherwise specified in these regulations;
11.4.8 Portable or moveable signs considered temporary signs. A sign that is not permanently attached to the ground, a structure, or a building that can easily be moved from one location or another (for example, a sign on wheels);
11.4.9 Scenic corridor off-premises signs. Off-premises signs designed to be visible from a road designated as a scenic byway by the state’s Department of Transportation;
11.4.10 Roof signs. Sign erected or maintained in whole or in part upon or over the roof or parapet of a building;
11.4.11 Illegal activity. Signs that display or advertise an illegal activity in the state;
11.4.12 Signs restricting access to firefighting assets. Signs may not be placed in a location that prevents or restricts access to any firefighting assets. Such devices include, but are not limited to, fire hydrants, suppression connections, or other devices marked for fire protection; and
11.4.13 Mobile homes. Signs identifying residential properties as model or speculative homes.
(Ord. passed 2-3-2021)