The following signs are prohibited in all zoning districts:
(a) Signs attached to utility poles, street signs, or placed on town-owned property; other than those signs approved by the town or the North Carolina Department of Transportation as outlined in G.S. 136-32, may be removed;
(b) Roof signs;
(c) Portable signs;
(d) Flashing, fluttering, swinging, rotating, and electronic scrolling signs; provided, however, electronic time and/or temperature signs are permitted.
(e) Signs that, by their position, illumination size, shape, or color, obstruct, impair, obscure, or interfere with traffic signs, signal devices, or visibility at intersections (see Section 9-3038);
(f) Vehicular signs as defined in Article H of this chapter;
(h) Obsolete signs: signs that do not comply with the provisions of this chapter and identify or advertise a use that has ceased operation for one year or more. Obsolete signs shall be removed;
(i) Signs which use a series of two or more signs placed in a line parallel to a street or highway right-of-way, or similar fashion, all carrying a single advertising message, part of which is contained on each sign;
(j) Other signs not expressly allowed by this chapter;
(k) Any sign that incorporates a television screen, a computer screen, electronic images, or electronic characters that do not meet the standards for electronic message display signs;
(l) Any illuminated tubing is not permitted, including but not limited to those outlining property lines, open sales areas, rooflines, doors, windows, landscaping, or the edges of the wall, except for perimeter down-lighting that is shielded to illuminate open sales areas but no land outside those areas;
(m) Illuminated signs in any residential district, except as provided in Section 9-3097.2(a); and
(n) Electronic message signs, unless expressly permitted by the chapter. (Ord. of 1/10/05; Ord. of 12/6/10; Ord. of 10/5/15; Ord. of 6/28/21)