The following signs are hereby expressly prohibited for erection, construction, maintenance, repair, alteration, location, or relocation within the town, except as may otherwise be exempt in this chapter:
(A) Off-premise signs: billboards, posterboards, panels, except as permitted in § 156.096(J);
(B) Portable signs;
(C) Bench signs;
(D) Obsolete signs which advertise a business no longer conducted or a product no longer offered for sale on a premise where the sign is located; however, a sign indicating a move of the business is permitted for a period of time not exceeding 90 days from the date of discontinuance of the business at the location;
(E) Exterior banners, pennants, spinners, and streamers, other than a banner or pennant used as a permitted sign as allowed in other provisions of this chapter;
(F) Any sign, sign structure, or flag which is determined by the Building Administrator to:
(1) Be structurally unsafe;
(2) Constitute a hazard to safety or health by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, or abandonment; or
(3) Be capable of causing electrical shocks to persons likely to come in contact with it.
(G) Any sign which obstructs the vision of drivers or obstructs or detracts from the visibility of any traffic sign or traffic-control device on public streets and roads by reason of the size, coloring, or illumination of the sign;
(H) Any sign which obstructs free ingress to or egress from a required door, window, fire escape, or other required exitway. Signs prohibited by the building regulations in Chapter 151 are also prohibited by this chapter;
(I) Signs which make use of a word such as stop, danger, or other similar words, phrases, symbols, or other characters in a manner so as to imply the need or requirement of stopping or the existence of danger;
(J) Any sign unlawfully installed, maintained, or erected;
(K) Any sign which is constructed or installed in a manner so as to overhang a public street, easement, or road right-of-way line as established by the official thoroughfare plan;
(L) Any sign which obstructs vision between a height of two and one-half feet and ten feet, measured from the established street grades, within the triangular area formed by intersection of any street right-of-way lines by a straight line drawn between those right-of-way lines extended along each line 25 feet from their intersection, excluding frontage roads;
(M) Any sign on a motor vehicle, semi-trailer with or without a tractor, which can be seen from the street with the primary use for the vehicle being the advertisement of a business, product, or service of a business located on the premises where the vehicle is parked. Trailers used for construction purposes during the course of construction on site are exempt from this section; and
(N) Any sign with moving parts or flashing lights.
(O) Pole signs:
(P) Signs that emit audible sound, odor or visible matter;
(Q) Inflatable signs and advertising structures;
(R) Signs using reflective material, except governmental signs and name plate signs displaying the address of the occupant;
(S) Signs on fences, street lights, utility poles, trees, or flag poles, included painted signs;
(T) Signs in the public right-of-way;
(U) Signs on any property without the consent of the owner;
(V) Animated signs, except in the case of educational institution use; and
(W) Roof signs.
(Ord. 23, § 2.50.80, passed 3-19-1997; Am. Ord. 2003-109A, passed 10-8-2004; Am. Ord. 41I, passed 2-15-2010; Am. Ord. 210-A, passed 12-10-2015) Penalty, see § 156.999