18.10.040 Prohibited signs.
The following types of signs are prohibited, except where specifically permitted by this chapter:
(a) Any sign that is not included under the sign types permitted in this chapter.
(b) Pole signs, except where specifically permitted in this chapter. The sign owner may reface or install a pole cover on a legally nonconforming pole sign.
(c) Any sign located in a right-of-way or public and private utility easement, except those signs required or expressly permitted by governmental authority, and except projecting signs and portable pedestrian signs in accordance with TMC 18.10.130.
(d) Any sign which, by reason of its size, location, movement, content, coloring, or manner of illumination:
(1) May be confused with or construed as a traffic control sign, signal or device, or the light of an emergency vehicle; or
(2) Obscures the view of any traffic or street sign, signal or device.
(e) Portable message center signs, except when incorporated in a portable pedestrian sign allowed in accordance with the standards for incidental signs in TMC 18.10.130 and except where permitted as a temporary sign in TMC 18.10.170.
(f) Any sign containing flashing, strobing, or chasing lights.
(g) Any sign that does not conform to the regulation of the sight distance triangle in TMC 12.20.020 or any clear zone as defined by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
(h) Off-premises signs, except where specifically allowed in TMC 18.10.180.
(i) Signs deemed unsafe because of the sign’s illegibility or unreadability as a result of size of copy relative to viewing distance; relationship of copy to background area; thickness and style of font; spacing between letters; color contrast between the message and background; lighting; other unforeseen factors. (Ord. 20207 § 5, 9-10-19.)