Section 24.16.050 Prohibited Signs amended and repealed as follows:

Imperial Zoning Code · 2026-07 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · Imperial

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the following prohibitions apply to all signs:

  1. Signs that obstruct any window, door or other opening used as means of regular ingress and egress, or for required legal light and ventilation; or fire escapes and other openings for emergency access and escape; or that create a safety hazard by obstructing clear view of pedestrians or vehicular traffic.

  2. Signs placed on public property or within the public street right-of-way, (e.g., snipe signs, human directional, etc.) except for marquee signs and signs for neighborhood watch, contingent upon review and approval of a sign permit by the assistant community development director.

  3. Signs with an intensity of illumination or location that interferes with the proper operation of motor vehicles on a public street.

  4. Signs that are lewd, indecent or otherwise offensive to the public morals.

  5. Murals of any kind, unless approved by the administrative committee and community services commission, where applicable.

  6. Signs that identify or advertise a product or business not located on the property on which said sign is located.

  7. Revolving signs. Any sign or portion thereof that physically rotates about an axis.

  8. Painted wall signs. Any sign painted on the wall of a building or structure, with the exposed face of the sign in plane parallel to the plane of said wall.

  9. Animated, flashing, audible and intermittent signs.

10. Billboards

  1. Bench signs, except at designated public bus stops when the proposed advertising will pay for the construction use and maintenance of said bench.

  2. Exposed lamps, spot lights and "goose neck" reflectors.

  3. Flags, banners, streamers and pennants, unless specified different under specific design criteria in the Master Sign Program.

  4. Portable signs.

  5. Poster Signs.

  6. Roof signs.

  7. Signs located in or projecting into the public right-of-way.

  8. Signs that by color, wording, design, location, illumination resemble or conflict with any traffic control device or with safe and efficient flow of traffic.

  9. Signs that create a safety hazard by obstructing clear view of pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic.

  10. Signs that project above a parapet or the highest point of a roof.

  11. Sign Appendages

  12. Signs which use guy wires or cables.