§ 8.06.00. Prohibited signs.

It shall be unlawful to erect any sign not authorized or exempted from this code. The following signs are expressly prohibited:

1.

Signs which are in violation of the building codes adopted by the county;

2.

Any portion of a sign, including its surface supports, closer than ten feet to the right-of-way line (property line) of any public street or the side or rear of the property lines, excluding signs for subdivisions and planned developments defined in section 8.04.00 which may be located in the median where the entrance street is divided as approved by the county public works department;

3.

Abandoned signs;

4.

Vehicles not used for operating purposes and parked on any parcel solely for advertising purposes;

5.

Signs, commonly referred to as snipe signs, made of any material whatsoever and attached in any way to a utility pole, tree, fence post, stake, stick or any other object located or situated on public property, except as otherwise expressly allowed by, or exempted from this code;

6.

Wind signs;

7.

Any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement, when it is patently offensive to contemporary standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable sexual material for minors, and taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value;

8.

Any sign which emits audible sound, vapor, smoke, or gaseous matter;

9.

Any sign which obstructs, conceals, hides or otherwise obscures from view any official traffic or government sign, signal or device, is erected or maintained so as to obstruct any fire fighting equipment, window, door, or opening used as a means of ingress or egress for fire escape purposes including any opening required for proper lighting and ventilation, or constitutes a traffic hazard, or detriment to traffic safety by reason of its size, location, movement, content, coloring, or method of illumination, or distracting the vision of drivers or pedestrians;

10.

Signs located upon, within, or otherwise encroaching upon county or public right-of-way, except as may be permitted by the board of county commissioners and those erected by a governmental agency or required to be erected by a governmental agency; and

11.

Neon type signs except where permitted within all commercial and industrial districts.

(Ord. No. 11-01, § 2, 1-18-11)