§ 190-124. Prohibited signs.

All signs not expressly permitted (by Common Council resolution) or exempt from regulation under this article are prohibited in all districts. Such signs include, but are not limited to:

A. 

Posters, pennants, ribbons, streamers, spinners or other similar moving, fluttering or revolving devices or strings of lights;

B. 

Rotating or revolving signs;

C. 

Beacons;

D. 

Signage on motor vehicles that:

(1) 

Are inoperable; or

(2) 

Do not display a current vehicle inspection sticker or license plate; or

(3) 

Are not principally used as a mode of transportation for business purposes; or

(4) 

Are conspicuously parked or located on a lot or public right-of-way for 24 hours.

E. 

Signs, as regulated by this article, used to attract attention to an object, product, place, activity, institution, organization or business not available or located on the premises where the sign is located;

F. 

Signs advertising or identifying a business which is no longer operating. Any sign accessory or incidental to a business shall be removed within 30 days after the business ceases to operate;

G. 

Roof signs placed, inscribed or supported upon or above the highest part of the roofline;

H. 

Signs that create a traffic hazard by obstructing the view at any street intersection or by design resemblance through color, shape or other characteristics common to traffic control devices;

I. 

Signs that encroach into the clear sight; and

J. 

Signs in the public right-of-way or on other public property.