(a) Emergency Conditions. Should the Administrator determine that a sign is so dangerous that it requires immediate removal, he or she shall attempt to provide the sign owner or property owner with a notice of the danger and the need for immediate abatement. Due to the emergency nature of the danger, if such notice is not possible due to the lack of knowledge as to the whereabouts of the sign owner or property owner, or should the sign or property owner not be available or refuse to immediately abate the nuisance, the Administrator shall abate such nuisance. The cost of the abatement, including a service fee of ten percent of the actual costs of such correction, shall become a lien against the property in accordance with Section 216.13
of the Administration Code.
(b) Nuisance Abatement. Any other sign regulated by this charter that fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter but which does not require emergency action, shall also constitute a nuisance. The owner of such sign and the real estate upon which it is located shall be given written notice of thirty days by regular mail for the abatement thereof. If such abatement is not accomplished within the 30-day period, the Administrator shall abate the nuisance. The cost of such abatement, including a service fee of 10% of the actual cost of such abatement, shall become a lien against the property in accordance with Section 216.13
of the Administration Code.
(c) Remedies Cumulative. The action of the Administrator to abate a nuisance under this section shall be in addition to the penalties described elsewhere in this Zoning Code.
(d) Removal by Administrator. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Zoning Code, signs which are affixed in any manner to walls, fences, trees, posts, bridges, utility poles, street signs or traffic signs, or otherwise located in the public right of way may be removed by the Administrator and/or their assigns and may be destroyed without notice to the violator.