§ 44-356. Prohibited signs.

The following types of signs are prohibited:

(1)

Tacking, pasting, or otherwise affixing of signs or posters visible from a public way except "no trespassing," "no hunting," "beware of animal" warning or danger signs, and other legal postings as required by law, located on the walls of buildings, barns, sheds, on trees, poles, posts, or fences is prohibited.

(2)

Pennants, banners, searchlights, twirling signs, sidewalk or curb signs, balloons, or other gas-filled figures are prohibited except as provided in section 44-362, temporary signs.

(3)

No sign or any portion thereof which moves or assumes any motion constituting a non-stationary or non-fixed condition shall be permitted.

(4)

As defined in this article, abandoned signs shall be prohibited and removed within 30 days of receipt of city written notification.

(5)

A sign which displays flashing or blinking lights of changing degrees of intensity except as permitted in section 44-360(5), permitted signs in WF, HSC, LI, and I districts.

(6)

A sign or illumination that causes any direct glare into or upon any building other than the building to which the sign may be accessory.

(7)

Signs which are of a size, location, content, coloring, or manner of illumination which may be confused with or construed as a traffic control device or which hide from view any traffic, street sign or signal that obstructs the view in any direction at a street or road intersection.

(8)

Signs which contain statements, words, or pictures of an obscene, pornographic or immoral character.

(9)

Signs which emit audible sound or odor.

(10)

A sign which obstructs any window or door opening.

(11)

Signs attached to fences, printed directly on, attached to, or affixed to any tree, rock, or similar inorganic natural matter. For purposes of this chapter, the etching of advertising copy directly on a boulder or rock, or the affixing of a placard directly thereto, shall be permitted and regulated as a freestanding sign pursuant to section 44-360(3), freestanding signs.

(12)

Roof sign, except as provided in section 44-360(4), roof signs.

(13)

Off-premises signs, except as provided in section 44-358, signs permitted in all districts, or except in accordance with section 44-367

(14)

Temporary electronic message (LED) signs except as permitted in subsection 44-355(19).

(Code 1992, § 24-344; Ord. No. 304, § 1004, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 313, 7-5-2005; Ord. No. 315, 7-24-2007; Ord. No. 321, 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 339, § 1004, 7-16-2012)