12.14.020 Signs prohibited.
No signs or any part thereof or sign anchors, braces, or guide rods shall be attached, fastened, or anchored to any fire escape, fire ladder, or standpipe, and no sign or any part of any sign or any anchor, brace, or guide rod shall be erected, relocated, put up, or maintained so as to hinder or prevent ingress or egress from public or private driveways, parking lots or fire escapes or through a door, doorway, or window or so as to hinder or prevent pedestrian traffic on a sidewalk or so as to hinder or prevent the raising or placing of ladders against a building by the fire department as necessity therefore may require. No sign shall be placed so as to obstruct or interfere with traffic visibility nor be lighted in such a way as to cause glare or impair driver visibility upon public rights-of-way. (6/2/92)
(a) Any sign that creates a hazard or dangerous distraction to vehicle traffic or a nuisance to adjoining property.
(b) Any sign resembling, imitating or approximating the shape, size, form or color of railroad or traffic signs, signals or devices, or obstructing or interfering with the effectiveness of said devices.
(c) Any sign that moves or has moving, rotating or animated parts.
(d) Inflatable Signs.
(e) Any temporary, spring-action metal advertising sign used, for example, to advertise cigarette or gasoline prices.
(f) Any sign located within a vision triangle as defined by 12.13.010.
(g) Any sign installed or constructed within the right-of-way, except for official signs.
(h) Any sign containing statements, words or pictures classified as “obscene material” as defined by sec. 944.21 Wis. Stats or sec. 9.10.2 of the Kenosha County Code of ordinances.
(i) Roof Signs.
(j) Any sign mounted on wheels, trailers, motor vehicles or any other nonpermanent structure parked within sight of a street for the purpose of advertising. This section does not apply to signs which are incidental to the identification of such motor vehicle.
(k) Any sign that produces sound, causes interference with radio, telephone, television or other communication transmissions; produces or reflects motion pictures or video; emits visible smoke, vapor, particles, or odor.
(l) Obsolete Signs.
(m) Signs which are deteriorated, dilapidated, structurally dangerous or unsafe, as determined by local building inspector.
(n) Off-premise Signs, except for Unified Business Center signs.
(o) Any sign exceeding 30 feet in height. [Code § 12.14-2.]