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 Port St. Lucie
 Code of Ordinances
 Title XV. LAND USAGE
 Chapter 155. SIGN CODE

  § 155.05. Prohibited Signs.  

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  • The following signs are prohibited on the effective date of this chapter. Such signs have been found to violate the purpose, intent, and specific provisions of this chapter.

    (A)

    A sign which falsely simulates emergency vehicles, traffic control devices, or official public signs.

    (B)

    Snipe sign, "stick-in" sign in landscaping, sandwich sign and add-on sign unless specifically allowed under another subsection in this chapter.

    (C)

    A sign found by the Building Department to be structurally unsafe or a hazard to public safety or welfare, including signs creating a fire hazard.

    (D)

    A sign obstructing any motorist's view of a street or intersection.

    (E)

    Any abandoned sign.

    (F)

    A series of two (2) or more freestanding signs which must be read together to obtain a single message.

    (G)

    Flashing sign except for public signs, changeable copy signs and variable message boards permitted in this chapter.

    (H)

    Animated sign, to include any moveable attachments such as, but not limited to, balloons, discs, streamers and any other similar action type eye catchers. This shall not include public signs, changeable copy signs, or variable message boards.

    (I)

    A sign which obstructs any fire escape, any window, or door or other opening used as a means of ingress or egress so as to prevent free passage of persons.

    (J)

    Any sign which interferes with openings required for ventilation.

    (K)

    Trailer sign.

    (L)

    Off-premises sign, except as provided for in subsection 155.07.

    (M)

    Any temporary sign in violation of this chapter.

    (N)

    Banners and flags that do not meet the special requirements of this chapter.

    (O)

    Vehicle signs when used for advertising purposes at a given location or site in addition to or in lieu of a sign permitted under this chapter. Specifically, panels of any material added to any portion of a vehicle which extends from, attaches to or adds to the original vehicle body. Painted and magnetic signs applied flush to commercial vehicles which identify the business owner or lessee are allowed and exempt.

    (P)

    Roof Sign (excepting allowable mansard roof signs and religious symbols approved as an integral part of the site plan for a steeple or other similar structural component of a place of worship).

    (Q)

    Projecting sign. (See subsection 155.08 for exceptions to this type sign).

    (R)

    Any sign placed without a permit after the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived when a permit is required.

    (S)

    A sign in violation of subsection 155.06. If a sign is prohibited and the sign is a type that can be brought into conformance with this chapter, the owner or lessee of the sign can elect to bring the sign into conformity rather than remove the sign.

    (T)

    Portable sign, except as specifically authorized in this chapter.

    (U)

    Portable toilet or trash receptacle signs advertising any business other than the provider of the toilet or receptacle.

    (V)

    Any sign placed or erected on or over any city property road right-of-way or in or on the median, except as specifically authorized in this chapter.

    (W)

    A sign that displays any lewd, lascivious, obscene, indecent, or immoral written or graphic message.

    (X)

    Bench sign.

    (Y)

    Tethered inflatable sign (Balloon) except in conjunction with a special event permit.

    (Z)

    Any sign placed in the required site landscaping areas or attached to any tree, shrub or plantings advertising any business, product or service located on the site.

    (AA)

    Signs attached to or placed upon any utility pole, street light, sidewalk curb, fire hydrant, bridge or any other public property, including the swale area, median or public right-of-way, unless specifically authorized herein.

    (BB)

    Posters or other advertising signs placed on buildings, added to freestanding signs or placed on poles, dumpsters, gas pumps and islands or stacks of product stored outside buildings. (Not permitted by code.)

    (CC)

    Permanent "come-on" sign (Sale Today!).

    (DD)

    Billboards (except as shown in subsection 155.08 of the sign code).

(Ord. No. 10-08, § 1(Exh. A), 3-8-10; Ord. No. 12-14, § 1, 4-9-12; Ord. No. 15-81, § 1, 11-9-15)