(A) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any street any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement or traffic, nor shall any person place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any street any other sign which hides from view or interferes with the movement of traffic or effectiveness of any traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.
(B) Any such unauthorized device is hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be removed by any police officer.
(Ord. 256, passed 11-2-1964) Penalty, see § 70.99