§ 150.194 PROHIBITED SIGNS.
   (A)   Miscellaneous signs and posters.
      (1)   Tacking, pasting, or otherwise affixing signs or posters that are visible from a public way, and located on the walls of buildings, barns, sheds, or on trees, poles, posts, or fences shall be prohibited.
      (2)   Warning signs, such as “no trespassing” and “no hunting” and other postings required by law shall be exempt from this provision.
   (B)   Banners. Banners, pennants, searchlights, twirling signs, sandwich board signs, sidewalk or curb signs, balloons, or other gas-filled figures shall be prohibited, except as provided in § 150.199.
   (C)   Swinging signs. Signs that swing or otherwise noticeably move as a result of wind pressure because of the manner of suspension or attachment shall be prohibited.
   (D)   Moving signs. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any sign or any portion thereof that moves or assumes any motion constituting a non-stationary or fixed condition shall be prohibited.
   (E)   Parking of advertising vehicles.
      (1)   No person shall park any vehicle or trailer on a public right-of-way, public property, or on private property so as to be visible from a public right-of-way, which has attached thereto or located thereon any sign or advertising device for the purpose of directing people to a business or activity.
      (2)   Currently licensed vehicles and trailers that have painted upon them in a permanent manner the name of the product, which they deliver and/or the name and address of the owner shall be excluded from this provision.
   (F)   Abandoned signs. Signs that advertise an activity, business, product, or service no longer conducted or available on the premises on which the sign is located, shall be prohibited.
   (G)   Flags. Flags other than those of any nation, state or political subdivision, or business as otherwise provided in this chapter shall be prohibited except as permitted under § 150.199.
   (H)   Portable signs. Portable signs, except any temporary sign permitted in § 150.199, shall be prohibited.
   (I)   Unclassified signs. The following signs are prohibited:
      (1)   Signs that imitate an official traffic sign or signal which contains the words stop, go slow, caution, danger, warning, or similar words except as otherwise provided in this section;
      (2)   Signs that are of a size, location, content, coloring, or manner of illumination which may be confused with or construed as a traffic-control device or which hide from view any traffic or street sign or signal or which obstruct the view in any direction at a street or road intersection;
      (3)   Signs that contain statements, words, or pictures of an obscene, pornographic, or immoral character;
      (4)   Signs that are painted directly on to a wall or any other part of a building;
      (5)   Signs that are painted on or attached to any fence or any wall that is not a structural part of a building except to identify a residence;
      (6)   Signs that emit audible sound, odor, or visible matter; and
      (7)   Roof signs that extend above the peak of the roof.
(Ord. -, Article V, § 5.2.5, passed 9-12-2006 ; Am. Ord. passed - -)   Penalty, see § 150.999