§ 138-3754. Prohibited signs.

The following types of signs are prohibited:

(a)

Abandoned signs.

(b)

Bus shelter signs and bench signs, except when approved by the board of county commissioners, pursuant to F.S. § 337.407(2)(a) or as amended. This prohibition shall not be construed to include the identification of a transit company or its route schedule.

(c)

Off-premises signs, except for public/semipublic directional signs, subsection 138-3753(m); where specifically provided for elsewhere in this section; and per subsection 138-3757.

(d)

Pavement markings, except official traffic control markings as permitted by an authorized government agency.

(e)

Pennants, streamers, banners and cold air inflatables.

(f)

Roof signs, except integral roof signs in nonresidential districts.

(g)

Sandwich board signs.

(h)

Signs attached to or painted on piers or seawalls, other than such official regulatory or warning signs as authorized by an appropriate government agency.

(i)

Signs in or upon any river, bay, lake, or other body of water within the limits of the county, unless authorized by an appropriate government agency.

(j)

Signs that are erected upon or protect over public rights-of-way or present a potential traffic or pedestrian hazard. This includes signs which obstruct visibility.

(k)

Signs that emit sound, vapor, smoke, odor, particles or gaseous matter, or project three-dimensional images, holographic images or pyrotechnics.

(l)

Signs that have unshielded illuminating devices, other than electronic changeable message sign displays permitted in accordance with division 5, signs.

(m)

Animated signs, multiprism signs and beacon lights, except when required by the Federal Aviation Administration or other governmental agency.

(n)

Signs that obstruct, conceal, hide, or otherwise obscure from view any official traffic or government sign, signal or device.

(o)

Snipe signs.

(p)

Temporary window signs in single-family residential districts.

(q)

Vehicle signs, as defined in this section, and portable trailer signs.

(r)

Any sign that is not specifically described or enumerated as permitted by this section.

(Ord. No. 18-36 , § 3(Att. B), 10-23-18)