(a) The display of official public notices, such as the flag, emblem or insignia of any official governmental body shall not be governed by the provisions of these regulations.
(b) No sign shall be placed on or above any public right of way except publicly owned signs, such as traffic control signs and directional signs.
(c) No flashing signs shall be permitted. Light sources to illuminate signs shall be shielded from all adjacent residential buildings and streets. Signs shall not be illuminated so as to cause glare which could prove hazardous to pedestrians or drivers of motor vehicles.
(d) Banners, flags, pennants, search light, twirling signs, sandwich board signs, sidewalk or curb signs, balloons or other gas-filled figures shall not be used on a permanent basis more than one week in a one year period.
(e) The tacking, pasting or otherwise affixing of signs of a miscellaneous character, visible from a public way located on the walls of buildings, barns, sheds; on trees, poles, fences or other structures, is prohibited unless otherwise permitted by this chapter.
(f) No sign shall be permitted which is placed on any curb, sidewalk, post, pole, electroiler, hydrants, bridge, tree or other surface located on public property or over or across any street or public thoroughfare, unless expressly authorized by provisions of this chapter.
(g) Billboards and portable signs shall not be permitted in any zoning district. Temporary free standing signs, such as, but not limited to "A" frame or trailer - based signs, shall be permitted in business districts for up to thirty days from the date of opening of new businesses, provided that they do not constitute a traffic hazard or violate any other section of the Wauseon Zoning Code. (Ord. 1993-12. Passed 7-19-93.)
(h) Signs advertising garage sales, porch sales, house sales, or similar types of sales shall not be erected more than twenty-four hours before the sale, and shall be removed within twenty-four hours after the sale.
(i) The first violation of any provision in this chapter shall constitute a minor misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a subsequent offense under this chapter within two years from the date of a prior conviction shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Each day such offense occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 2009-11. Passed 9-21-09.)