Prohibited signs.
Southaven Code of Ordinances § 13-6(e)
in effectSec. 13-6(e). - Prohibited signs.
The following types of signs or prohibited under this chapter.
(1) Pole signs;
(2) Wall signs constructed of wood or metal on the exterior building surface;
(3) Cabinet wall or box signs shall be illegal on exterior building surfaces;
(4) Moving devices or search lights for advertising purposes;
(5) Signs painted directly on exterior building surfaces;
(6) Signs attached to trees or utility poles;
(7) Obscenity or immoral signs;
(8) Changeable letter marquees;
(9) Portable signs;
(10) Yard stake signs;
(11) Signs or devices which by color, location or design resemble or conflict with traffic control signs or devices;
(12) Signs attached to, suspended from or painted on any vehicle, included a trailer, which is parked on or visible from any street or public place. This prohibition shall not apply to those signs which are required to be affixed to service vehicles by the requirements of any state, federal or local regulations, nor is this prohibition to be construed as prohibited the identification of a firm or its principal products on a vehicle operated during the normal course of the business;
(13) Signs which contain pulsating or strobe lights;
(14) Banners or streamers are prohibited except as provided for in subsections above;
(15) Sandwich board and pedestal signs and those carried by persons as sandwich board signs;
(16) Off-premises signs, which includes subdivision locator signs;
(17) Abandoned or dilapidated signs;
(18) Real estate signs shall be removed within thirty (30) days of the rent, sale or lease of a property;
(19) Exposed neon letters or logos on permanent structures including building facades and/or monument-based ground mounted signage;
(20) Construction signs must be located on the developing property and is only allowed while construction is physically in progress, not to exceed one (1) year. These signs shall not exceed seventy-five (75) square feet;
(21) Balloons;
(22) Home-based business signs;
(23) Roof signs (which protrude above the roof line); and
(24) Inflatable signs.
(Res. of 6-2-20(3))
Source: City of Southaven, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/southaven/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CO_TITXIIIZORE_CH6SIRE_S13-6_E_PRSIFetched: 11/1/2026