To ensure that signs are erected and maintained in a safe and attractive condition, the following maintenance requirements shall apply to all signs.
(A) Every sign and its supports, braces, guys, anchors and electrical equipment shall be maintained in safe condition at all times. All signs shall be kept free from defective or missing parts or peeling paint and shall be sufficiently stabilized to withstand wind damage.
(B) A sign shall have no more than 10% of its surface area covered with disfigured, cracked, ripped or peeling paint, poster paper or other material for a period more than 14 successive days.
(C) A sign shall not have weeds, vines or other vegetation growing upon it, or obscuring the view of the sign from the street or right-of-way from which it is to be viewed, for a period of more than 15 successive days.
(D) An illuminated sign shall not have only partial illumination for a period of more than 15 successive days.
(E) Should any sign become insecure or in danger of falling or otherwise unsafe in the opinion of the UDO Administrator, the owner thereof, or the person or firm maintaining the sign, shall, upon written notice from the UDO Administrator, forthwith in the case of immediate danger and in any case within ten days, secure the sign in a manner to be approved by the UDO Administrator, in conformity with the provisions of this section or remove the sign. If the order is not complied with within ten days, the UDO Administrator shall remove the sign at the expense of the owner or lessee thereof.
(Ord. eff. 9-6-2012, § 9.43; Am. Ord. 21-1, passed 9-17-2020)