If the owner or person in charge, possession, or control of any sign or structure when so notified shall refuse, fail, or neglect to comply with and conform the requirements of such notice, the building commissioner may, upon the expiration of time therein mentioned, tear down or cause to be torn down such part of such a sign or structure as is constructed and maintained in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and shall charge the expense to the owner or person in charge, possession, or control of any sign or structure and the same shall be recovered from such owner or person by appropriate legal proceedings.
(Added Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 3)