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The following types of signs are prohibited in all districts:

A. Abandoned signs;

B. Signs imitating or resembling official traffic or government signs or signals of emergency response vehicles;

C. Snipe signs or signs attached to trees, telephone or utility poles, public benches, or streetlights that are located within a public right-of-way;

D. Signs placed on vehicles or trailers that are parked or located for the primary purpose of displaying the sign. This does not apply to allowed portable signs or to signs or letters on buses, taxis or vehicles operating during the normal course of business;

E. Signs with flashing, intermittent, revolving or blinking illumination, or an alternating light pattern or animated signs, other than electronic message centers, as permitted in this chapter. No sign regulated by this chapter may utilize:

1. An exposed incandescent lamp with an external reflector and without a sunscreen or comparable diffusion;

2. Any revolving beacon or flashing light; or

3. Signs using exposed incandescent light sources exceeding 60 watts per source;

F. Signs using reflectors, mirrors or other devices intended to focus or direct illumination from the sign to any other place;

G. Wall signs exceeding a maximum height of 30 feet or the height of the roofline, whichever is less;

H. Off-premises signs;

I. Billboards;

J. Banners, except when approved for a special event or as a temporary sign;

K. Pennant signs with advertising copy or logos, except when approved for a special event or as a temporary sign;

L. Inflatable devices with or without copy or logos, except when approved for a special event or as a temporary sign;

M. Signs located within a sight triangle that are between three feet and nine feet in height, not including the support poles or signs that otherwise interfere with lines of sight or a sight triangle; and

N. Any sign not specifically permitted in this chapter. (Ord. 17-09 § 5, 2017; Ord. 11-08 § 3, 2011; prior code § 16.43.904.2)