It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, except a public officer or employee in performance of a public duty, to paste, post, nail, tack or otherwise affix any card, banner, handbill, sign, poster, advertisement or notice of any kind, or cause the same to be done, on any public curbstone, lamppost, pole, hydrant, bridge, wall, fence, fence post, utility pole, or tree upon any public sidewalk, street, alley or other public place, except as required by law. This provision shall not prohibit placement of free speech signs in the public right-of-way as long as they are legally located and fixed to the ground.

All signs shall be posted in an appropriate place and manner in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. No sign placed in the public right-of-way shall impede the flow of pedestrians or interfere with vehicle line of sight, or in any way create an unsafe condition.

Signs of any height shall not be located within ten feet of any intersection or any driveway intersection with any street, or in any other location specifically not allowed in this chapter except as permitted in Section 15.36.060 regarding flag lots and cul-de-sac frontage lots, and further except that temporary signs not exceeding two and one-half feet in height may be located within the ten-foot prohibition area, but no closer than six feet to the paved roadway. Signs greater than four feet in height shall not be located within twenty feet of any intersection or any driveway intersection with any street, or any other location specifically not allowed in this chapter except as permitted in Section 15.36.060 regarding flag lots and cul-de-sac frontage lots. In no case shall signs be placed within six feet of the paved portion of any roadway. The maximum sign height, including any support posts or fixtures, shall be six feet.

The sign may not exceed sixteen square feet in size in total including both sides where both sides of the sign are visible from a public road or right-of-way. In any case, the maximum dimension for any side of any sign shall be four feet.

Signs may be located on private property with permission of the owner or in the public right-of-way as restricted in Section 15.36.060. No sign may be posted in Holbrook Palmer Park, including adjacent to roadways in and around the park, except for governmental signs posted by the town.

Signs placed in violation of this chapter may be removed by town personnel and stored. Any signs not claimed within thirty days after notice to the owner may be discarded or destroyed. (Ord. 611 § 1 (part), 2014)