(A) Maintenance: All signs and components thereof shall be kept in good repair and in safe, neat, clean and attractive condition.
(B) Removal Of Sign: The building official may order the removal of any sign erected or maintained in violation of this title. The building official shall give thirty (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 or to bring it into compliance. The building inspector may remove a sign immediately and without notice if, in the building inspector's opinion, the condition of the sign is such as to present an immediate threat to the safety of the public.
(C) Abandoned Signs: A sign shall be removed by the owner or lessee of the premises upon which the sign is located when the business which it advertises is no longer conducted on the premises. If the owner or lessee fails to remove it the building inspector shall give the owner or lessee fifteen (15) days' written notice to remove it. Upon their refusal or failure to comply with this notice, the building inspector or a duly authorized representative may remove the sign at cost to the owner.
(D) Impounded Signs: An impounded sign may be retained by the city until completion of any criminal prosecution or other court proceedings respecting the erection or maintenance of the sign; if an owner has reoffended after having been convicted of a violation in putting up a sign, and the new offense involves the same sign, or a sign which in pertinent aspect(s) is a like sign, such sign shall be forfeited to the city and shall be subject to disposal as deemed appropriate by the city manager. (Ord. 922, 5-22-2014)