(a) In addition to any sign or advertising device that is not specifically permitted by these regulations, the signs identified in this section are prohibited in all zoning districts in the City. No variance shall be considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission in regard to any of these signs.
(b) Any sign which simulates or imitates in size, color, lettering or design any traffic sign or signal, or which makes use of words, symbols or characters in such a manner to interfere with, mislead or confuse pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(c) Any sign, located in a zoning district other than the commercial district or the rural district, that directs attention to a business, service, product or entertainment not sold or offered on the premises on which the sign is located. This provision shall be limited to billboards and other off-premise outdoor advertising signs with a display area greater than thirty-two (32) square feet.
(d) Signs consisting of any moving, rotating, flashing or otherwise animated light or component, except for time and temperature displays and barber poles.
(e) Any sign or sign structure identifying a previous use or activity that has not occupied the site for a period greater than ninety (90) days.
(f) Strips or strings of lights outlining property lines, sales area, roof line, doors, windows, wall edges or other architectural features of a building. Such lighting is not prohibited alone or in combination with community or holiday decorations or a temporary promotional display.
(g) Any sign, other than official traffic control devices or highway identification markers, which are erected within the right of way lines of any street or alley. Any sign that is erected or maintained outside the right of way and interferes with visual clearance along any street, road or highway between the heights of three (3) and ten (10) feet above ground level.
(h) Signs visible from a public right of way that use the word "stop" or "danger" or otherwise present or imply the need or requirement of stopping, caution, the existence of danger, or which for any reason are likely to be confused, with any sign displayed or authorized by a public authority.
(i) Signs attached to trees, utility poles or similar structures and signs painted on or attached to rocks and other natural features.
(j) Signs installed, erected, enlarged or structurally altered in violation of the provisions of this article.
(k) Signs judged to be dangerous because they are not securely affixed to the ground or otherwise affixed in a permanent manner to an approved supporting structure.
(l) Signs that have become deteriorated or damaged to an extent that the cost of the reconstruction or restoration of such signs is in excess of fifty (50) percent of its replacement value exclusive of foundations.
(m) Signs lettered in crude or amateurish fashion.
(Ord. 10-25-99.)