Any sign not permitted is prohibited in the city. The following signs are specifically prohibited:
(A) Hot or cold air balloons, or inflatables, except when such fall under the definition of temporary sign;
(B) Any sign which flashes, blinks, uses chaser lights or is animated. Commercial electronic message signs may be permitted, so long as the messages are composed of static images;
(C) Projecting signs;
(D) Roof signs;
(E) Any truck, trailer, or other vehicle conspicuously parked in the public right-of-way for more than 72 consecutive hours with an advertising message displayed on the vehicle designed to attract attention to a business, product, or promotion;
(F) Graffiti;
(G) Spotlights directed into the night sky, except as part of an approved promotional period for temporary signs;
(H) With the exception of billboard signs, as defined and regulated herein, any off-premises signs, except as may be necessary to provide directions to a residential subdivision or planned unit development;
(I) Any handbill or sign which is affixed, painted, marked, or written on any part or portion of the public right-of-way, including sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs, park strips, light poles, lamp posts, hydrants, trees, shrubs, power poles, or any other structures. This does not apply to the painting of house numbers on curbs; and
(J) No sign shall be placed on public property, which includes any city, county or state easement or right-of-way, unless the sign is erected by the city, county, or state. Those signs may not exceed 36 inches in height.
(Prior Code, § 56.08) (Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992; Ord. 7-2003, passed 9-17-2003; Ord. 36-2021, passed 12-21-2021; Ord. 12-2023, passed 6-21-2023; Ord. 17-2024, passed 5-15-2024)