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A. General. Violation of this chapter is a civil infraction and shall be enforced pursuant to chapter 5-7 of the town code.
B. Removal of signs by town; notice; fees.
1. A code compliance officer or other authorized representative of the town may immediately remove or cause the removal of a sign in either of the following circumstances:
a. When the sign is unlawfully placed in the public right-of-way or on public property.
b. When the sign poses an immediate hazard to persons or property.
2. If possible, when exercising its right to immediately remove or cause the removal of a sign, the town shall provide the sign owner with verbal or written notification of the removal at the time of the removal. The notice shall include all of the following:
a. The reason or reasons for the removal.
b. The location where the sign owner may claim the sign.
c. Notification that if the sign owner does not claim the sign within five days of the notice, the town may destroy or reuse the sign.
3. If a sign is placed in violation of this chapter but does not pose an immediate hazard to persons or property and is not located in the public right-of-way or on public property, a code compliance officer or other authorized representative of the town shall provide written notice of violation to the sign owner.
a. The notice shall include all of the following:
i. The reason or reasons the sign is in violation.
ii. Notification that if the sign is not removed within 48 hours of the notice, the town will remove the sign.
iii. The location where the sign owner may claim the sign if it is removed.
iv. Notification that if the sign is removed and the sign owner does not claim the sign within five days of the notice, the town may destroy or reuse the sign.
b. The notice shall be delivered either by personal delivery or, if the town is unable to determine the owner of the sign, by affixing it to the offending sign.
c. If the offending sign is not removed within the 48-hour period, a code compliance officer or other authorized representative of the town may remove or cause the removal of the sign.
4. The town’s cost to remove or store a sign shall be borne by the sign owner in the amount set forth in the fee schedule approved by the council and amended from time to time.
C. Effect. Neither the suspension nor revocation of a sign permit, nor the removal of a sign by the town, shall be a defense against prosecution.
Ordinance 2022.022 amended Section 17-10-15 B.
II. Regulations by sign type
Directory signs are allowed in non-residential area developments and multi-family complexes subject to the following:
A. Each sign premise shall be allowed one directory sign at each entrance on each street frontage.
B. Sign height shall not exceed eight feet.
C. Sign area shall not exceed 40 square feet.
D. Signs shall be located at least 100 feet from any abutting street right-of-way unless a building or other structure blocks the sign’s visibility from the street.
A. Drive-through signs may be freestanding or wall-mounted.
B. Drive-through signs shall be limited to two signs per drive-through lane.
C. Each drive-through sign shall be no greater than ten feet in height.
D. Each drive-through sign shall be located adjacent to a drive-through lane.
E. Drive-through signs may include electronic message displays subject to the requirements and limitations of section 17-10-19 (electronic message displays), except that the display may occupy the entire area of the sign face.
F. Sound emitted by drive-through signs must not be audible from any residential property.
A. Electronic message displays are permitted as an integral component of either of the following:
1. A permitted freestanding monument sign.
2. A sign type whose regulations refer to this section, subject to any additional limitations on electronic message signs set forth in the regulations for that sign type.
B. Except as provided in section 17-10-18 (drive-through signs), electronic message displays may occupy up to 50% of the allowable area of a sign face.
C. Electronic message displays may be full color and shall consist only of static messages that change not more frequently than once every 7.5 seconds.
D. Electronic message display messages must transition by instant change method. Scrolling, travelling, flashing, full-motion video, use of sound, and similar operational effects are prohibited.
E. Electronic message displays shall conform to the regulations of the outdoor lighting code.
F. An electronic message display visible from an existing residential use shall be installed a minimum of 150 feet from the property line of the residential use.
B. A flag pole shall not exceed a height of 25 feet when accessory to a residential use. In all other situations, a flag pole shall not exceed the higher of:
1. 30 feet, or
2. 1.25 times the height of any building within 200 feet of where the flagpole is to be constructed, but in any event not to exceed 50 feet.
C. The length of a flag shall be no greater than one-fourth of the height of the flag pole.
D. A flag shall not encroach beyond the sign-premises.
E. A flag shall not create a safety hazard.
F. A flag may be illuminated in conformance with the outdoor lighting code.
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