17.92.090 Prohibited signs.

All signs not expressly permitted under this chapter or exempt from regulation hereunder in accordance with Section 17.92.080 are prohibited in the city. Such signs include, but are not limited to:

A. Signs which imitate or resemble any official traffic sign, signal or device; or which use a revolving beam or beacon resembling any emergency vehicle, or are located or illuminated in such a manner as to obscure or otherwise interfere with the effectiveness of an official traffic sign, signal or device, or so as to obstruct or inter

fere with the view of a driver of approaching, emerging or intersecting traffic, or so as to prevent any traveler on any street from obtaining a clear view of approaching vehicles for a distance of two hundred fifty feet along the street;

B. Signs which are erected or maintained upon trees or which are painted or drawn upon rocks or other natural features;

C. Beacons;

D. Strings of lights not permanently mounted to a rigid background, except those holiday lights and decorations exempt under Section 17.92.080(D);

E. Projecting signs;

F. Roof signs;

G. Signs advertising off-premises businesses, products or services. Signs advertising garage sales that otherwise comply with this chapter are exempt from this provision;

H. Animated or moving signs;

I. Signs located on private property without the consent of the owner of said premises;

J. Signs which are located in or interfere with the use of a required off-street parking space or maneuvering area;

K. Signs which are, or are becoming deteriorated, dilapidated or in danger of falling or otherwise unsafe;

L. Any unauthorized sign on or attached to a public street light, utility pole, hydrant, bridge, traffic control device, street sign or other public structure or building, or any sign located in, on, over, or within a public street, sidewalk, alley, easement or right-of-way;

M. Illuminated signs, illuminated from within or without, which:

1. Are illuminated in such a manner, to high intensity, or without proper shielding, so as to constitute a hazard to the operation of motor vehicles upon a public street or substantially interfere with the reasonable enjoyment of residential property, or

2. Have any type of intermittent illumination, including flashing, fading, revolving, intermittently lighted, changing color or blinking lights, except those displaying time and temperature information only;

N. Balloons or other inflatable devices used as a sign;

O. Signs which display obscene, indecent or immoral matter.