87.0710 Prohibited Signs.

The following signs are prohibited.

(a) Signs having any animated, moving, or rotating parts.

(b) Signs attached to or painted on trailers or vehicles parked on private property for the purpose of gaining unauthorized sign area.

(c) Signs which make sounds.

(d) Signs which obscure, imitate, or otherwise limit the effectiveness of official traffic control signs or devices.

(e) Signs which display any statement or symbol of an obscene or immoral nature as to offend the public morals or decency.

• (f) Tethered balloon(s) or other inflatables used to draw attention to a use or event, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

• (g) Signs and/or support structures with flashing neon elements.

(h) Signs which are not effectively shielded so as to prevent beams or rays of light being directed at any portion of the traveled way or which are of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or to impair the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle, or which otherwise interfere with any driver of a motor vehicle.

(i) Permanent primary signs and outdoor advertising structures (billboards) that advertise or identify a business, function, establishment, or product at a location other than the property on which such business or establishment is located or such product is manufactured or sold, except as permitted in Section 87.0725.

(Amended by Ord. 168 § 2, 1997; Ord. 295 § 1, 2010; Ord. 393 § 1, 2022; Ord. 439 § 2, 2023)