All signs, canopies and awnings shall be kept and maintained in good repair to preserve safe, clean and orderly condition and appearance.
Signs which no longer serve the purpose for which they were intended, or which have been abandoned or are not maintained in accordance with this chapter and other applicable regulations of the City shall be removed by the latest permit holder or by the City at the expense of such permit holder.
Whenever the removal or maintenance of any sign has been ordered by the Building Commissioner, the person, firm or corporation who erected such sign or on whose premises such sign or display structure has been erected, affixed or attached shall remove or maintain such sign within forty-eight hours after receiving such notice. In the event of noncompliance, the Commissioner may remove or cause to be removed or maintain such sign at the expense of the person, firm or corporation who erected such sign or on whose premises it was erected, affixed or attached; each such person, firm or corporation shall be individually and separately liable for the expense incurred in the removal of such sign.
(Ord. 2-16. Passed 4-18-2016.)