Boonville Prohibited signs ordinance (Appendix C, Section 7.3-25)
Appendix C: Zoning · Part 7. Accessory Uses and Buildings
The following signs are prohibited [in all districts] and shall be removed in accordance with section 7.3-35, "Removal".
(1) Signs containing any indecent, obscene, or immoral matter, as determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(2) Signs which are located on any public rightof-way, except that traffic or other nonadvertising signs as provided in paragraph 6, section 7.3-14, "Exemptions", shall be allowed rightsof-way.
(3) Signs illuminated to an intensity to cause glare or brightness to a degree that could constitute a hazard or nuisance. Revolving,
flashing, intermittently lighted or changing color signs shall be a minimum of fivesecond intervals. Beacons or similarly constructed signs shall not be allowed.
(4) Illuminated signs erected within 150 feet of a residential district, unless lighting is shielded from view.
(5) Signs which are of a size, location, movement, content, coloring or manner of illumination which may be confused with or construed as a traffic-control device or which hide from view any traffic, street signal or signal or which obstruct the view in any direction at a street or road intersection. (6) Signs which advertise an activity, business or service that is no longer conducted or advertises a product that is no longer produced shall be removed as provided for in section 7.3-35, "Removal", except where the owner or lessor of a premise is seeking a new tenant, such signs may remain in place for not more than 60 days from date of vacancy.
(7) Any detached type B sign within 150 feet of a residentially zoned area or within 150 feet of an historic district.
Sections 7.3-26—7.3-30. Reserved.
Note: These sections reserved for the new gaming zone (RGD-1).
Article IV. Design, Maintenance and Enforcement
Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 7.3-25
Text from Supplement 8 (December 2025), through Ordinance 4678 of December 16, 2024.
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.