Subdividers Ordinance

6.03 GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL ZONES A. Prohibited Signs and Prohibited Conditions 1. No sign may be erected or maintained at any location whereby reason of its position, wording, illumination, size, shape, or color it may interfere with any authorized traffic control device. 2. No sign may use any word, phrase, symbol, shape, form, or character in such manner as to interfere with moving traffic. 3. No illuminated or indirectly illuminated sign may be permitted within 50 feet of property in any residential zone, unless the illumination of the sign is designed not to shine light directly onto any adjacent property or into any street. 4. No part of any sign attached to a building may be erected to a height greater than that permitted for the building. Freestanding signs may not exceed 30 feet in height, unless modified by other sections of this Ordinance. 5. The owner, lessee, or manager of a ground sign, and the owner of the land where the same is located, msut keep grass or weeds and other growth cut and debris and rubbish cleaned up and removed from the lot where the sign is located. 6. Advertising signs, business signs, and identification signs that may become rotted, unsafe, or unsightly must be repaired or removed by the licensee or owner of the sign on notice of the Zoning Officer. 7. No part of any sign may extend into the public right-of-way, except those signs established by, or by order of, any governmental agency. 8. No single face sign or other sign where the exposed sign structure would be generally within public view will be permitted unless appropriate screening or a decorative cover is provided. 9. Unless specifically permitted elsewhere in this Ordinance, no sign is permitted that includes flashing lights, moving parts, or noise emissions. 10. No sign over two square feet may be suspended by chains, ropes, or other means that readily permit the sign to swing or move freely. 11. No sign may be affixed directly to a tree, utility pole, light pole, traffic control device, barn, shed, or roof of a building or structure. 12. No sign may be attached or painted onto an inoperable or unlicensed motor vehicle in view of the public right-of-way. No sign may be attached to a licensed vehicle that is maintained in full view of the right-of-way or on the property where the sign refers for more than seven consecutive days. 115 Adopted November 14, 2007