Any outdoor advertising device which violates Section 907.03 is a public and private nuisance, and the City Manager or his delegate shall give thirty days notice, by registered or certified mail, to the owner or lessee of the land on which such advertising device is located, to remove such advertising device. If any such advertising device has not been removed on or before the expiration of thirty days following the receipt of the notice by the owner or lessee of the land on which the advertising device is located, the City Manager or his delegate may, at his discretion, either:
(a) Remove, obliterate, or abate the outdoor advertising device. The cost or expense of such removal, obliteration, or abatement, shall be paid by the City, and the amount thereof shall be certified to the City Solicitor for collection by civil action against the person maintaining or erecting such advertising device, or to the County Auditor for collection as an assessment against the property.
(b) File a complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which such outdoor advertising device is located, and on a finding by the court that a violation of Section 907.03 or 907.05 exists as alleged in the complaint, the court shall enter an order of abatement against the person erecting or maintaining such outdoor advertising device, or against the owner of the land on which such outdoor advertising device is situated, as the case may be.
(Ord. 1981-22. Passed 6-23-81.)