It is unlawful to erect, reconstruct, alter, maintain or place and no permit shall be issued for the following types of signs:
A. 
Flashing signs (signs that contain, include, or are illuminated by flashing, intermittent or moving light or lights).
B. 
Flying signs, such as blimps or kites, designed to be kept aloft by mechanical, wind, chemical, or hot air means.
C. 
Inflatable signs, including but not limited to balloons.
D. 
Signs with moving images or structures (except flags or pennants).
E. 
Searchlights (not associated with a grand opening event or legitimate law enforcement and public safety operations as specified in Section 17.10.210).
F. 
Signs which emit any odor, noise or visible matter other than light.
G. 
Vehicle Signs. A motor vehicle may not travel on city streets or park on city streets as a sign or as the base for a sign where the primary purpose of the motor vehicle is general advertising or advertising for hire. The following criteria may be used in determining whether the primary purpose of the motor vehicle is a sign. It is not necessary that any one or all of the listed criteria are present in order to determine that a sign is a prohibited vehicle sign:
1. 
Whether the sign is painted upon or applied in a permanent manner directly to an integral part of the vehicle or merely temporarily attached to the vehicle;
2. 
Whether the vehicle is in operating condition, currently registered and licensed to operate on public streets when applicable;
3. 
While the business is open, the vehicle is not moved and the vehicle is so parked or placed that the signs thereon are displayed to the public;
4. 
Whether the vehicle is regularly parked in a location and in a manner so as to be observed by passers-by;
5. 
Whether the vehicle is actively used as a vehicle in the daily function of the business to which such signs relate; and
6. 
Whether the sign includes directional copy that would only be applicable if parked in the vicinity of the use.
H. 
Mobile billboards.
I. 
Roof signs.
J. 
Home occupation signs.
K. 
Off-site commercial signs (including, e.g., billboards), except as otherwise provided by this title.
L. 
Signs prohibited in public right-of-way per Section 17.17.020.
M. 
Temporary signs except those expressly permitted or exempted by this title.
(Ord. 4648 § 2, 2008)
Temporary signs posted or erected in the public right-of-way or within the clear vision triangle which are in violation of Section 17.12.010 may be removed in accordance with this section.
A. 
City employees are authorized to remove such temporary signs. Removed signs shall be taken to the corporation yard. After removal, the employee shall attempt to notify the owner of the sign or other responsible party, if such can be ascertained, if the employee believes in good faith that the sign has monetary value. In cases where a sign contains the name of a printing firm, the employee shall also attempt to notify such firm of the fact that the sign has been removed, the location of the sign, the procedure for retrieving the sign, and the procedure for challenging the removal of the sign.
B. 
Any person desiring to retrieve a sign removed by the city may do so upon the payment of an administrative fine of $10.00 for each sign smaller than nine square feet total, and an administrative fine of $20.00 for each larger sign. In lieu of paying such administrative fine, such person may retrieve a sign upon signing an administrative citation issued to him or her for violation of this title. Administrative citations may be appealed in accordance with Chapter 2.50 of the Roseville Municipal Code.
C. 
Any temporary sign removed by the city may be considered abandoned if it is not retrieved within 15 calendar days after the date of such removal, and may be disposed of by the city without liability to any person.
D. 
Temporary signs which are in violation of this title but are neither on public right-of-way nor in the clear vision triangle shall not be removed by city officials without the prior consent of the owner or the issuance of warrant by a court of competent jurisdiction, but may be abated by appropriate criminal or civil actions, or both.
(Ord. 4648 § 2, 2008)
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct, maintain, place or display a sign unless a sign permit has been obtained for the sign within the regulatory scope of this title, as required by this title, or unless the sign is exempt from the permit requirement pursuant to Chapter 17.10. Prohibited signs shall include, but are not restricted to, the categories of signs set forth in Section 17.12.010.
B. 
Violation of any provision of this title shall be punishable as an infraction and shall be punishable as set forth in Section 1.20.010(B) and Chapter 2.50 of the Roseville Municipal Code. Each and every day that a prohibited sign is erected, constructed, maintained, placed or displayed in violation of this title shall be considered to be a separate violation.
C. 
In addition to any other remedy, penalty or provision of law, the violation of any provision of this title shall be deemed to be a public nuisance, and may be abated by the city attorney as provided by common and statutory law and city ordinance, in any manner provided by law, whether criminal, civil, or administrative.
(Ord. 4648 § 2, 2008)