A. Application To Erect; Permission Of Adjacent Property Owners Or Occupants: No person shall erect any billboard or other structure for advertising purposes within the city without permission of the city council, and every applicant for permission to erect a billboard or other structure for advertising purposes in the city is required to give one week's notice, in writing, personally or by mail, of such application to the owners, occupants or agents of all houses and lots within a distance of two hundred feet (200') from where such billboard or structure is to be erected. No such application shall be considered by the city council without verified proof of the service of the notice herein described or the written consent of such owners or occupants or agents to the erection of said billboard or other structure for advertising purposes.
B. Use Of Fences, Buildings Or Other Structures: No fence, barn, shed, building or other structure within the city shall be used as a billboard without the consent of the city council. The same notice and proof required by subsection A of this section shall be necessary to obtain the consent of the city council to use such fence, barn or other structure as a billboard for advertising purposes.
C. Declaration As Common Nuisance: Any billboard erected or used contrary to the provisions of subsections A and B of this section is hereby declared to be a common nuisance, and shall be abated as a common nuisance by the chief of police after three (3) days' notice to remove the same. (1975 Code § 7-1-7)