The County Manager has appointed the Planning Director to administer this chapter. The Planning Director or his or her appointee shall be known as the Code Enforcement Officer. The Code Enforcement Officer shall enforce all provisions of this chapter. The Code Enforcement Officer shall also have the following authority:
(A) Notice of violation. A notice of violation shall be delivered to the holder of the development approval and to the landowner of the property involved, if the landowner is not the holder of the development approval, by personal delivery, electronic delivery, or first-class mail and may be provided by similar means to the occupant of the property or the person undertaking the work or activity. The time period provided herein shall commence upon receipt of such notice of violation. The notice of violation shall identify the sign and shall describe the nature of the violation, refer to the section of the chapter violated, specify in detail what action must be taken to correct the violation and specify all potential enforcement penalties that may apply.
(B) Should any sign or sign structure become imminently unstable or in danger of falling or otherwise unsafe, a notice of violation shall be delivered to the sign owner or to the owner of record of the real property whereon the sign is located in the same manner as set out for a notice of violation except that the recipient of the notice shall immediately, in the case of imminent danger, secure or remove the sign in a manner to be approved by the Planning Director in conformance with the provisions of this chapter. If the condition prompting the notice is not corrected within 24 hours after receipt of the notice, the sign owner shall be in violation of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 1-22-08; Am. Ord. passed 4-17-23)