Prohibited signs
The following signs shall not be permitted in any zoning district:
(1) Signs which incorporate any flashing illumination or animation.
(2) Any sign that constitutes a hazard to public safety or health; that creates a nuisance to abutting properties; or that impedes vision or access to or from public streets, sidewalks or other places or ingress or egress. This includes signs which, because of size, location, content or manner or illumination, obstruct the vision of a driver or detract from the effectiveness of traffic control devices.
(3) Strings, balloons, streamers, flags, pennants, revolving or flashing lights, spinners or other similar devices strung across, upon, over or along any premises or building whether as a part of a sign or not, except for string lights and strung light bulbs that are part of decorations for recognized legal holidays.
(4) Searchlights and inflatables.
(5) Billboards.
(6) Trailer (portable) and other mobile signs and message boards, whether registered or not, with or without wheels, unless permanently affixed to the premises or an integral part of an approved freestanding sign.
(7) Signs affixed to utility poles and trees.
(8) Signs placed in or over a sidewalk, street or other public right-of-way in any manner such as to impede or obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic, except projecting signs properly placed over a sidewalk in the Wickford Business District.
(9) Any part of any sign, including all supports, braces, guys and anchors, that extends over the property line of the lot upon which it is located, except for A-frame signs which receive written permission from abutting landowner.
(10) Obsolete or unsafe signs.
(11) Any sign, as defined in this chapter, affixed to or part of, any vending machine or other mechanical device for the distribution of goods directly to a consumer without the intervention of any cashier or other employee outside or visible from outside the building is prohibited with the Wickford Village Center district.
(Ord. No. 94-14, § 1, 8-15-1994; Ord. No. 02-20, § 8, 11-18-2002; Ord. No. 03-8, § 7, 6-9-2003; Ord. No. 15-11, § 2, 10-19-2015)