§ 28-6-7. Signs Prohibited Under This Ordinance.

All signs not expressly permitted under Sections 28-6-8 and 28-6-9 of this ordinance, or signs not expressly exempt from permit requirements under Section 28-6-3 of this ordinance, are prohibited in the City of Concord. Such signs include but are not limited to the following:

(a)

Programmed or environmentally activated signs which physically or visually move, rotate or create an illusion of movement, or which have parts or surfaces that physically or visually move, rotate or create the illusion of movement or which emit audible sound or noise;

(b)

Beacons, or any light with one or more beams directed into the atmosphere or directed at one or more points not on the same lot as the light source;

(c)

Pennants, inflated signs, and tethered balloons;

(d)

Signs painted directly on the exterior surface of a building;

(e)

On corner lots, signs of a height between two and one-half (2½) and eight (8) feet above curb grade in a triangular area bounded by the adjacent street right-of-way lines and a straight line joining points on the right-of-way lines which are thirty (30) feet from the point of intersection of the right-of-way lines, except that the distance from the intersection may be reduced to twenty (20) feet along the right-of-way lines where the intersection of the adjacent streets is controlled by a traffic signal;

(f)

Signs, or any point on a sign, located higher than the roof ridge, the plate of a flat roof, or the highest point of the roof;

(g)

Signs, other than signs erected by or on behalf of a governmental body, that are located in, or on a public right-of-way;

(h)

Signs which are or appear to be animated or projected, or which are intermittently or intensely illuminated or have a traveling, tracing, scrolling, automated, or sequential light type, signs which contain or are illuminated by animated or flashing light;

(i)

Wall signs located such that any part thereof covers, obstructs, or is placed over any existing windows on the same wall, or placed above the sills of the first level of windows above the first story on the same wall, or placed more than twenty-five (25) feet above grade, except as may otherwise be allowed where a conditional use permit has been granted by the Planning Board pursuant to Section 28-6-9(a), Permitted Building Signs, of this ordinance;

(j)

Projecting signs that are lower than ten (10) feet or greater than twenty-five (25) feet above grade, protrude above the sills of the windows above the first story, project more than five (5) feet from the building, and contain more than twelve (12) square feet of sign area;

(k)

Signs attached to a tree, utility pole, fence, or rock;

(l)

Signs, other than traffic control signs, that use the words "stop", "yield", "caution", and "danger", or that contain red, amber, and green lights that may resemble traffic control signs or lights;

(m)

Billboards and signs unrelated to the principal use or uses of the premises on which the sign is located, except as provided in Section 28-6-9(c)(5);

(n)

Illuminated signs that direct the illumination onto adjacent streets or onto property other than the premises on which the sign is located;

(o)

Signs that resemble City of Concord street identification signs;

(p)

Signs attached to, or painted on, vehicles or trailers which are parked and visible from a street or limited access highway, except where such vehicles or trailers are regularly and customarily used to transport persons, goods, or materials as part of the principal use of the premises;

(q)

Signs which by reason of position, wording, illumination, size, shape or color that obstruct, impair, obscure, interfere with the view of, or may be confused with, any traffic control sign, signal or device; and

(r)

Electronic message center type signs.

(Ord. No. 2653, §§ I, II, 8-14-06; Ord. No. 2938, § I, 12-8-14; Ord. No. 3011, § I, 6-11-18)