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§ 41.500   PURPOSE
   The purpose of the sign maintenance policy is to establish and maintain uniform practices concerning sign maintenance for city streets and roadways. The policy is intended to set out the evaluation and assessment method employed by the city for the general maintenance of traffic signage and adequate sign retroreflectivity. The method described herein consists of routine daytime reviews for post or sign misalignment, damage, theft, or deterioration, and a nighttime biennial visual assessment of all signs in a specified area to assure adequate retroreflectivity.
(Ord. No. 10-2012, 8-7-12)
§ 41.501   PROCEDURE
   Individual operators and maintenance crews travel the city streets to and from specific work assignments each work day in all parts of the city's service area. Such persons are instructed to report any apparent problems (such as vision obstruction, vandalism, collision damage, or substandard appearing traffic control devices) to the street superintendent, where a maintenance work order for any needed repairs will be initiated. Local police officers who patrol the streets are also instructed to report any traffic control device deficiencies that are observed, including any collision damage. Other public service staff, including meter readers, zoning and parks personnel have also been instructed to report observed traffic control device deficiencies that might be observed during work travels throughout the community.
(Ord. No. 10-2012, 8-7-12)
§ 41.502   RETROREFLECTIVITY ASSESSMENT
   To assure continued compliance with minimum retro-reflectivity requirements the city has adopted a "measured sign retroreflectivity" assessment method. This method consists of regular inspections with each sign being measured once in every twenty-four (24) month time period. These inspections are done in daylight with the retroreflectivity being measured using a hand-held, portable, contact reflectometer. This device provides a standardized methodology for measuring retroreflectivity pursuant to ASTM E1709. In the course of these inspections the city may employ department personnel or outside contractors to secure these measurements. Once out on the intended route the inspector gives each road sign a pass/fail mark on either a printed or electronic inventory for the particular route being inspected at that time. A repair work order is then generated from this inventory and all signs found to be sub-standard will be replaced in a timely manner.
(Ord. No. 10-2012, 8-7-12)
§ 41.503   RECORD KEEPING
   The street department superintendent shall maintain an ongoing log of all inspections and assessments set out in this article for the purpose of providing information for the city to reinspect signs on a more frequent basis in the event such signs are found to be approaching retroreflective limits or for other reasons.
(Ord. No. 10-2012, 8-7-12)
§ 41.999 PENALTIES
   Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter for which no other penalty is specifically provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined for the first offense, not less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00); for the second offense, a fine not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars nor more than two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars; and for each subsequent offense, a fine of not less than two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars.
(Ord. No. 1.78, § 6, 1-3-78)