No Signs of any nature shall be allowed, constructed, erected or maintained, except as herein specifically provided and which are conformable to State statutes:

(1)

No Sign, banner, streamer or pennant shall be located so it will interfere with or detract from ordinary traffic movement, obscure or impair the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle, or create a hazard to traffic.

(2)

The format of a Sign shall not resemble or conflict with traffic signs or signals.

(3)

Signs shall be constructed in a good and workmanlike manner, shall at all times be properly maintained and kept in good repair and condition and shall be of safe and permanent construction. A Sign deemed to be objectionable may be declared a nuisance and controlled under other provisions of the Code.

(4)

No Sign shall be erected or maintained or permitted to remain publicly displayed which is of a misleading, fraudulent, obscene, immoral, indecent, unsightly character, or which is displayed in a manner to harass, annoy, or alarm another person.

(Code 1968, § 25-105; Ord. No. 613, § 2(4.20.010); Ord. No. 703, § 1(25-105.1), 8-12-2014; Ord. No. 705, § 1, 3-10-2015)

(a)

Campaign Signs for candidates may be placed on the following permitted locations with the permission of the property owner or lessee:

(1)

Residential property.

(2)

Agricultural land belonging to a family farm operation.

(3)

Property leased for residential purposes, including, but not limited to, Apartments, condominiums, college housing facilities, and houses. However, Signs may only be placed on the portion of the leased property space that is actually occupied.

(4)

Vacant Lots owned by a person who is not a prohibited contributor.

(5)

Property belonging to any Business, association, or organization that is not a corporation, financial institution, or insurance company.

(6)

Property leased by a candidate, campaign committee, or an organization established to advocate the nomination, election or defeat of a candidate when the property is used as campaign headquarters or office and the placement of the Sign is limited to the space that is actually leased.

(7)

Property owned by the State, County, City or other political subdivision if the property is made open and available to any person from the public to lawfully place any type of Sign.

(b)

Campaign Signs for candidates are prohibited from the following locations:

(1)

On any property without the permission of the property owner or lessee.

(2)

Property owned by the State or the governing body of a County, City, or other political subdivision of the State, including all property considered the public right-of-way, unless the property is made open and available to any individual or group from the public to lawfully place any type of Sign.

(3)

Property owned, leased, or occupied by a corporation, financial institution, or insurance company, except when leased as campaign headquarters or a campaign office and the placement of the Sign is limited to the space that is actually leased.

(c)

Campaign Signs for ballot issues may be placed on the following permitted locations with the permission of the property owner or lessee:

(1)

Property belonging to any individual, corporation, financial institution, insurance company, Business, association, organization, or other person.

(d)

Campaign Signs for ballot issues are prohibited from the following locations:

(1)

On any property without the permission of the property owner or lessee.

(2)

Property owned by the State or the governing body of a County, City, or other political subdivision of the State, including all property considered the public right-of-way, unless the property is made open and available to any individual or group from the public to lawfully place any type of Sign.

(3)

Property owned, leased, or occupied by a corporation, financial institution, or insurance company except when leased as campaign headquarters or a campaign office and the placement of the Sign is limited to the space that is actually leased.

(Ord. No. 703, § 1(25.105.2), 8-12-2014)

Any Sign that lawfully existed at the time of the adoption of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived or any amendment thereto, or of annexation, but which does not conform to the provisions hereof, shall not be altered or enlarged without making the entire Sign conform with the provisions of this article. This provision shall not be construed so as to prevent necessary maintenance of the Sign to keep it in good repair.

(Code 1968, § 25-106; Ord. No. 613, § 2(4.20.020))

(a)

No Sign shall project into any portion of a street used for vehicular traffic, nor shall any overhead Sign project from any building beyond the dividing line of the sidewalk and the vehicular portion of the street.

(b)

Wall Signs shall not project more than six inches from the building wall.

(Code 1968, § 25-107; Ord. No. 613, § 2(4.20.030))

The following Signs are permitted in the specified Zones:

(1)

R-1 and R-2 and MHP Zones.

a.

One residential identification Sign per Dwelling Unit, being a Freestanding Sign, a Wall Sign or a Projecting Sign, to identify the occupants thereof or any Home Occupation pursued therein, not to exceed two square feet;

b.

One Sign advertising the sale or rent of a property, not lighted or illuminated and not exceeding ten square feet;

c.

One Sign of a temporary nature announcing the construction or remodeling of a building not illuminated or lighted;

d.

An institutional identification Sign, either Projecting or Wall Sign, on the face of any school, church or public building.

(2)

R-1, R-2 and CBC Zones. All Signs allowed under this section shall be subject to restrictions as set forth in this chapter.

(Code 1968, § 25-108; Ord. No. 613, § 2(4.20.040))

No Sign shall be erected, constructed, or structurally altered until a permit therefor is obtained from the Planning Commission. Residential identification Signs, Signs advertising the sale or rental of property, Signs advertising the construction or remodeling of a building and institutional identification Signs shall not require a permit if they otherwise comply with this chapter.

(Code 1968, § 25-109; Ord. No. 613, § 2(4.20.050))