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Belleville City Zoning Code

§ 23-17.3

Prohibited Signs.

[Ord. No. 3134; amended 7-9-2019 by Ord. No. 3537; 4-12-2022 by Ord. No. 3644]
All signs not specifically listed as permitted signs are prohibited. Prohibited signs include but are not limited to the following:
a. 
Advertising signs.
b. 
Flashing or moving signs, and signs and lighting giving the illusion of movement, excluding time-and-temperature signs.
c. 
Banners.
d. 
Internally illuminated box signs and internally illuminated channel letters, except that channel letters up to 16 inches in height that are illuminated with a diffused light source shall be permitted.
e. 
Moon tubing.
f. 
Neon framing, paper or fabric framing, tubing and bare-bulb illumination. This does not include neon wall-mounted signs containing the name of the business and/or the business logo.
g. 
Signs erected upon a roof.
h. 
Pennants and banners, except as permitted within a Township approved decorative streetscape program.
i. 
Any sign in the public right-of-way, except for conforming blade signs and awnings
j. 
Any sign using exposed light-emitting diodes (LEDs), other than price signs associated with gasoline service stations.
k. 
Any electronic display signs, as a monument, on a building or structure.
l. 
Signs affixed to trees, fences or utility poles.
m. 
Signs that are an imitation of an official traffic sign or signal or contains the words "stop," "go slow," "caution," "danger," "warning," or similar words.
n. 
Use of flood lights for illumination of signs where such floodlights create interference with motor vehicle traffic visibility.
o. 
Contain or consist of poster, ribbons, streamers, strings of light bulbs, spinners, balloons, kites or other similarly moving devices.
p. 
Signs containing more than two display faces.
q. 
A sign on a motor vehicle, trailer, whether or not operational and whether or not self-propelled which is used or parked or designated to be parked for advertising purposes.
r. 
Signs affixed to the building above the first floor except where specifically permitted by this ordinance.
s. 
Free Standing Pylon Signs, except of use in gas stations and retail shopping centers.
t. 
Signs containing profanity.