(A) Unless circumstances clearly show otherwise, there exists the following presumptions in connection with any existing sign (including snipe signs) which violates any provision of this chapter:
(1) The sign was erected at its location by, or with the consent of, the owner and occupier of the site;
(2) The sign was erected by, or with the consent of, the company or business advertised thereon; and
(3) The sign was erected by, or with the consent of, the promoter of the item or event advertised thereon (including, in the case of the advertisement of available residential housing, the realtor or other promoter thereof).
(B) Any person cited for a violation may rebut any such presumption by introducing evidence of the non-existence of the presumed fact sufficient to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the presumed fact is not true.
(2011 Code, § 153.21) (Ord. 2004-01, passed 4-5-2004)