§ 12.12.170. Unauthorized signs, signals or markings.

A.

No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of, or attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.

B.

No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.

C.

This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.

D.

Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is declared to be a public nuisance and the traffic and parking commission is empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.

E.

Provided, however, neighborhood watch signs may be erected adjacent to streets and highways and/or be placed on existing traffic sign poles, except those for stop signs and yield signs, provided they do not interfere with or block the view of any traffic-control device, any provision in this section or the metropolitan code to the contrary notwithstanding.

(Amdt. 1 to Ord. 92-190, 4/21/92; Ord. 92-190 § 1, 1992; prior code § 27-1-64)