Any sign violating any of the provisions of this chapter may be removed by any employee of the Village duly authorized so to do by the Village Manager, Village Engineer, Public Utilities Superintendent, or Finance Director. Any sign so removed shall be transported to the Village of Coldwater and placed in the custody of the Maintenance Department of the Village and notice of such removal and the right to claim such sign shall be given by the Village to the person or entity owning such sign to the extent such ownership can be reasonably ascertained from information contained on the sign. Failure of the Village to give or failure of the owner to receive such notice shall not subject the Village or any of its officers or employees to any civil liability or invalidate any other action taken pursuant to this chapter. The person or entity owning such sign and the person or entity responsible for the affixing of such sign in the public right-of-way shall be jointly and severally civilly liable and indebted to the Village for the reasonable cost of removal and storage of such sign incurred by the Village, which shall be in addition to any other penalty provided by law. In the event any sign so removed is not claimed by its owner and the costs prescribed herein paid to the Village within thirty days following its removal, such sign may be disposed of by the Village without further notice. For purposes of this chapter, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the name of any person or entity which appears on such sign in any manner or capacity is either the owner of said sign or the person or entity responsible for the affixing of such sign in the public right-of-way.
(Ord. 1685. Passed 4-8-19.)