(a) Inspections. Signs for which a permit is required may be inspected periodically by the Building Department representative for compliance with this chapter and with other ordinances of the city.
(b) Maintenance. All signs and components thereof shall be kept in good repair and in safe, neat, clean and attractive condition.
(c) Removal. The Building Department representative may order the removal of any permanent sign and its supporting structure erected or maintained in violation of this chapter. He or she shall give 30 days’ notice, in writing, to the owner of such sign, or of the building, structure or premises on which such sign is located, to remove the sign and its supporting structure or bring it into compliance. Any sign erected of a temporary nature shall require written notice of only three days. Upon failure to comply with this notice, the Building Department representative may remove the sign and its supporting structure. The Building Department representative may remove a sign and its supporting structure immediately and without notice if, in his or her opinion, the condition of the sign and its supporting structure is such as to present an immediate threat to the safety of the public. The cost of such removal by the city shall be assessed against the owner of such sign or the owner of the building, structure or premises.
(d) Abandoned signs. An abandoned sign and its supporting structure shall be removed by the property owner or lessee of the premises upon which the sign is located. If the property owner or lessee fails to remove it within 60 days of the date the business becomes inactive, the Building Department representative may give the property owner 30 days’ written notice to remove it. Upon failure to comply with this notice, the Building Department representative may remove the sign and its supporting structure at cost to the property owner. Where a successor to an inactive business agrees, within 30 days of the date of written notice by the Building Department representative to maintain the sign as provided in this code, this removal requirement shall not apply, provided that the existing sign and structure meets all current sign codes.
(Ord. 1707-01, passed 7-12-2017; Ord. 1906-01, passed 7-24-2019)