Article 10. Enforcement
D. Sign Maintenance and Enforcement Generally
In order to ensure that signs are erected and maintained in a safe and aesthetic manner, the following maintenance requirements shall be observed for all signs visible from any public street, and any deficiency shall be corrected within 30 working days of being detected:
1. No sign shall have more than 10 percent of its surface area covered with disfigured, cracked, ripped or peeling paint or poster paper;
2. No sign shall stand with bent or broken sign facings, broken supports, loose appendages or struts or be allowed to stand more than fifteen degrees away from the perpendicular;
3. No sign shall have weeds, trees, vines or other vegetation growing upon it or obscuring its view from the street from which it is to be viewed;
The Building Official and duly authorized staff shall have the authority to issue a violation notice and shall be empowered to enter upon the premises of any person subject to this article for the purpose of enforcing the provisions herein.
1. The Building Official shall have the authority to remove all
signs, without notice to the owners thereof, placed within any street or highway
right-of way, signs attached to trees, fence posts, telephone and utility poles,
other natural features or signs otherwise prohibited by this article, and to
impound them for a period of 10 days.
2. The owner of a sign impounded may recover same upon the payment of $150.00
for each sign, prior to the expiration of the 10-day impoundment period. In the
event it is not claimed within 10 days, the Building Official shall have
authority to dispose of such sign.
3. If the owner or lessee fails to remove the sign during the permitted time,
then the City or an independent contractor secured by the City shall remove the
sign and ensuring charges shall be assessed to the owner or lessee.
10.2 Penalties for
Violation
A. Penalties for Violation
1. Any person violating any provision of this UDO shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, shall be prosecuted according to procedures established under
Section 1-3048(a), (b) and (c) for misdemeanors, and, upon conviction, shall be
fined as determined by the court for each offense. Each day such violation
continues shall onstitute a separate offense.
2. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the City from taking such other
lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation.
B. Any person who violates the provisions of this article, upon conviction,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit and pay the maximum penalty
allowed by state law and/or 30 days imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of
the court for each violation. Each day
shall constitute a separate offense.