Title 18 - Unified Development Ordinance

 

18.440 Signs

18.440.020 Prohibited Signs

The following signs are prohibited unless otherwise specifically provided for in this Chapter:

  1. A.
    Off-site Commerical Signs.  Exception:  Billboards allowed by Special Use Permit by 18.440.120.B, off-site commercial signs allowed by 18.440.070.B, and off-site temporary signs allowed by 18.440.130.G.
  2. B.
    Attention-Attracting Devices. (Examples include, but are not limited to, pennants and streamers, searchlights, and air and gas filled balloons and figures.) Exception: If and when device is allowed by Special Event Permit by 18.380.
  3. C.
    Snipe Signs.
  4. D.
    Directly Illuminated Signs. Exception: when approved by the Planning Commission or City Council as architectural lighting for a building.
  5. E.
    Digital Display. Exception: point-of-activity, kiosk, and detached canopy signs allowed by 18.440.060 or where allowed by Special Use Permit by 18.370.020 or by Special Event Permit by 18.380.
  6. F.
    Pole Signs.
  7. G.
    Roof Signs.  Exception: where allowed in 18.440.100 and 18.440.110.
  8. H.
    Signs in Right-of-way.  Exception: government signs allowed by 18.440.030.A.
  9. I.
    Abandoned or Obsolete Signs.
  10. J.
    False or Misleading Statements. This Code does not excuse any person or entity from civil or criminal liability for false or misleading statements placed on a sign.
  11. K.
    Signs posing traffic, pedestrian or other hazards.
  12. L.
    Illegal signs otherwise prohibited by federal, state, or local law, including but not limited to K.S.A. 21-6401.

(History:  Ord. No. ZRR-3300 §3, 2020; Ord. ZRR 2427 §3, 2003; ZRR-2187; ZRR-1725; ZRR-1637; ZRR-889 §18.52)

Effective on: 1/1/1901