§ 46-32. Prohibited signs.  


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  • (a)

    Signs imitating warning signals. Signs imitating warning signals are prohibited. No sign shall display lights resembling the flashing lights customarily used in traffic signals or in police, fire, ambulance, or rescue vehicles; nor shall any signs use the words, slogans, dimensional shape and size, or colors of the governmental traffic signs.

    (b)

    Signs in streets or highway rights-of-way. No signs, except traffic signs and signals and informational signs erected by a public agency, are permitted within any street or highway right-of-way.

    (c)

    Signs painted or attached to natural features. Signs painted or attached to natural features, such as trees or rocks, telephone poles, utility poles, or fence posts, are prohibited.

    (d)

    Fluttering ribbons and banners. Fluttering ribbons and banners are prohibited.

    (e)

    Signs near historical sites or monuments. Signs within 300 feet of any officially designated historical site or monument, except signs pertaining to that particular site or monument, are prohibited.

(Prior Code, § 11-23)