[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Pomona 11-22-2004 by L.L. No. 8-2004. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Board of Trustees hereby determines that
the uncontrolled posting or display of signs on public roads and highways
has the potential for creating safety hazards in that such signs may
obstruct traffic and create visual obstructions for drivers and pedestrians,
and that such posting or display on any public property may interfere
with the public's use of such property and generally is aesthetically
offensive.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following
terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall have the meaning
given herein. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely
directory.
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Any sign or advertisement, the import of which asks or suggests
that the viewer vote for or against, or any sign which announces,
a candidate seeking any political or elective office, or the import
of which asks or suggests that the viewer vote for or against, or
announces, a ballot issue.
All publicly owned property, including but not limited to
highways, streets, roads, sidewalks, rights-of-way, easements, public
grounds and buildings and parks, including any trees, hydrants, street
lamps, or traffic signs situated on said property, and anything affixed
thereto or thereover.
Any bill, poster, placard, announcement, handbill, flyer,
painting, drawing, structure or other similar configuration or object
in any form whatsoever, or any part thereof, which contains printed
or written matter in words, symbols or pictures, or in any combinations
thereof.
A sign erected for a relatively short period of time, which
period shall be terminated by the work or event to which it refers.
Except for political signs, no sign erected for more than 15 days
shall be deemed temporary.
Except as provided in § 112-4 below, it shall be unlawful for any person to construct, install, deposit, maintain, place, leave, post or display any sign on, over or into any public property within the Village of Pomona.
A.
A temporary sign may be installed a minimum of five
feet away from the edge of pavement of a street or road within the
Village of Pomona, except that no sign shall be installed at any intersection,
nor for a distance of less than 10 feet from the edge of pavement
in any direction from any intersection.
B.
Any sign posted or erected pursuant to and in discharge
of any governmental function or required by any law or governmental
regulation shall be permitted to be posted on public property.
The Code Enforcement Officer or any other Village
officer or employee authorized to enforce the Village Code shall have
authority to remove from public property any sign that is in violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this chapter shall be guilty of a violation. Each and every violation
of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.
Each day's continued violation shall constitute a separate violation.
The invalidity of any section, clause, sentence
or provision of this chapter shall not affect the validity of any
other part of this chapter which can be given effect without such
invalid part or parts.
