§ 29-58. Display of unauthorized signs, signals, or markings.

(a)

No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway an unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which projects any flashing or revolving beams of light, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal.

(b)

No person shall place, maintain or display upon any street, highway, right-of-way or easement, any sign, signal, marking or device bearing thereon advertising of any kind; however, this section shall not be construed to prohibit projecting signs constructed in accordance with the building code adopted with certain changes and modifications by section 10-52.

(c)

Every such prohibited sign, signal, marking or device is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Any person responsible for the placement or maintenance of any such sign, signal, marking or device shall have 48 hours after a reasonable attempt of demand has been made by the city manager or his duly authorized representative to remove the same or cause it to be removed. In the event that removal is not accomplished within said period of time, the city manager or his duly authorized representative is hereby authorized and empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed.

(Code 1966, § 20-40; Code 1982, § 29-58; Ord. No. 1234, § 1, 3-18-1968; Ord. No. 2134, § 1, 5-14-1984; Ord. No. 2888, § 15, 7-11-2005)

State law reference

Similar provisions, 47 O.S. § 11-206.