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E i i i 2. Flashing or rotating signs resembling emergency vehicles; or 3. Digital billboards; 4. —A_sign a o structs any window, door, fire escape, stairway or opening intended to provide air or access to any building or structure;or 5. Illuminated blinking and flashina si ns or devices giving off an intermittent or rotatin beam consisting of a collection or concentration of ra s o i t, except ose giving pu oc service in orma on suc as,wo out limitin the gener oty o the foregoing time, to temperature or news;or 6. A sign on private property placed wo out a permission of the property owner; or 7. Freestanding Signs supported by guy wires, braces or other means of non-base support. 8. Signs on parked vehicles. Signs placed on or affixed to vehicles and/or trailers which are parked on a public right-of-way or public property so as to be visible form a public right-of-way. This is not in any way intended to prohibit signs placed on or affixed to vehicles or trailers such as lettering on motor vehicles where the sign is incidental to the primary use of the motor vehicle or trailer or signage intended to convey a message to the motoring or pedestrian public while in operation on public roadways. 9. Obsolete signs. io. A sign that is declared to be illegal,unsafe,deteriorated,or abandoned. E. Repair or Removal of Signs. 1. Illegal, Prohibited, Obsolete, Unsafe or Abandoned Signs. Upon notification by the City that a sign is illegal, prohibited, obsolete, unsafe or abandoned, the owner of said sign or owner of property there under shall remove same. The City may order the removal of any sign erected or maintained in violation of this Ordinance. Ten (io) days notice in writing shall be given to the owners of such sign,or the owner of the building,structure or premises on which sign is located, to either bring the sign into compliance with this Ordinance, or cause its removal. Upon failure to remove the sign or to comply with this notice,the City Council shall remove the sign immediately and without notice, if it reasonably appears that the condition of the sign is such as to present an immediate threat to the safety of the public. Any cost of removal incurred by the City shall be assessed to the owner of the property on which such sign is located or may be collected in appropriate legal proceedings. The owner, lessee or manager of any ground sign and the owner of the land on which the same is located shall keep grass or weeds and other growth cut and debris and rubbish cleaned up and removed from the lot on which a sign is located. 2. Deteriorated Signs. Any sign or sign structure which may be, or may hereafter become, rotted, unsafe unsightly or otherwise deteriorated shall be repaired or removed by the lessee, licensee, owner or agent of the owner of the property upon which the sign is located after receipt of written notice from the City Council. Structural repair of a non-conforming sign shall not be permitted. F. Other Permitted Signs. The following chart indicates the types of signs permitted by zoning district within the City of Nisswa: