(A) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any street or highway a sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be, is an imitation of, or resembles an official traffic-control device or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device, sign, or signal.
(B) No person shall place or maintain any commercial advertising upon any street, highway, traffic sign, or signal.
(C) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to streets or highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
(D) Every such prohibited sign, signal, or marking is declared to be a public nuisance and the Chief of Police is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.
(E) No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic- control device, sign, or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.
(Ord. 79-5, passed 9-17-79) Penalty, see § 70.99