(a) The City shall have the authority to order the removal of any sign erected or mounted subsequent to the adoption of this chapter which does not comply with the provisions and requirements of this chapter. Such orders shall be given by the Director of Public Safety or his designee.
(b) The City shall have the right to order the repair of any sign that it may deem necessary and if such repairs are not affected within a ten day period, an order may be issued for the removal of same by the Director of Public Safety or his designee.
(c) Any sign now or hereafter existing, which no longer advertises a bona-fide conducted business, shall be taken down and removed by the owner, agent or person having the beneficial use of the building or structure upon which such sign may be found. This shall include any illegal or nonconforming pole upon which a sign is or has been attached.
The removal shall take place within ten days after the written notification from the Building Department and, upon failure to comply with such notice within the time specified in such order, the Building Department is hereby authorized to cause removal of such sign, including pole and base, and any expense incident thereto shall be paid by the owner of the property on which such sign or pole is located.
(d) Any notice of violation shall be deemed a continuing notice after service for so long as the subject violation exists whether continuous or intermittent and so long as the violator owns or operates or has control of the premises, but no penalty shall be attached until forty-eight hours after service of notice.
(Ord. 1983-026. Passed 1-25-83.)