§ 16-586. Prohibited signs.

Unless otherwise permitted, the following signs are prohibited:

(1)

Signs advertising an activity, business, product or service no longer conducted on the premises upon which the sign is located.

(2)

Portable signs.

(3)

Signs with flashing lights with the exception of flashing lights used for traffic control and public safety.

(4)

Off-premises advertising structures or billboards.

(5)

Roof signs.

(6)

Projecting signs and freestanding signs located within a public right-of-way, except when erected by a government agency.

(7)

No sign shall be attached to or painted on any telephone pole, telegraph pole, power pole or other manmade object not intended to support a sign, or to any tree, rock or other natural object, except as specifically authorized herein.

(8)

No sign shall be located between the high-water mark of the western shore of the town west to the intracoastal waterway/town limits.

(Ord. No. 95-008, § 15.3, 12-13-1995)