[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.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 115.
Zoning — See Ch. 130.
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.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
POLITICAL SIGN
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.
PUBLIC PROPERTY
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.
SIGN
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.
TEMPORARY SIGN
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.