14-19-108 PROHIBITED SIGNS

A. Prohibited Sign Devices. Any sign not specifically allowed by this Chapter is prohibited. In addition, the following sign devices are prohibited anywhere in the City, unless specifically permitted herein: 1. A hot or cold air balloon, or inflatable, with the following exceptions: a. Temporary signs, as allowed by this Title, b. As part of a grand opening period, not to exceed thirty (30) days. 2. Animated signs are prohibited throughout the City, except in the Heavy Commercial (C-H) Subzone where they are allowed subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 14-19-113. 3. Any statuary bearing the likeness or suggestion of any product or logo. 4. Any roof sign. 5. Any snipe sign. 6. Any temporary sign except as allowed in this Title. 7. Any bus bench sign. 8. Any truck, trailer, or other vehicle, conspicuously, or regularly parked onpremises or off-premises with an advertising message or logo displayed to attract attention to a business, product or promotion. The Planning Director or representative may require a business to remove such truck, trailer, or other vehicle if in his opinion the vehicle is being utilized for advertising purposes. 9. Any Graffiti. 10. Any beacon or spotlight directed into the night sky except as part of an approved promotional period as a temporary sign. 11. Any off-premises sign (includes billboards), off-premises directional sign, or offpremises development sign, except as allowed herein. B. Hand-bills, signs on public places and objects. 1. No person shall place or maintain any hand-bill, sign, or other depiction in or upon any City owned real or personal property. 2. Any hand-bill, sign, or other depiction found posted upon any public property contrary to the provisions of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and may be summarily removed by the City. The person responsible for any such unlawful posting shall be liable for the cost incurred in the removal thereof and the City is authorized to recover said cost by any legal means. 3. Nothing in this section shall apply to the installation of a sign for which the City has granted a written permit. C. Unsafe Signs. No sign shall be permitted which is for any reason a threat to public safety in the reasonable opinion of the City Engineer, or which by its location impairs the view of a driver traveling on, exiting from, or entering upon, a public street, or which is otherwise unsafe for vehicular or pedestrian traffic. Any such sign is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and may be summarily removed by the City.