(a) Materials and Design: All signs shall be designed, constructed and maintained in conformity with the provisions for materials, loads, and stresses of the latest adopted edition of the Village Building Code and requirements of this Chapter.
(b) Erector's Imprint: Signs which require a permit under this Chapter must carry the identification and address of the sign erector, electrical voltage (when applicable), and date of erection in clearly legible letters whether for the initial erection or rehanging of a sign. In case of re-hanging or re-erection of any sign, the new erector must place his identification, address and the date on the sign.
(c) Fastenings: All signs must be erected in such a manner and with such materials to remain safe and secure during the period of use and all bolts, cables, and other parts of such signs shall be kept painted and free from corrosion. Any defect due to the fault of the erector shall be repaired by the erector.
(d) Freestanding Signs: Freestanding signs shall be securely fastened to the ground or to some other substantial supportive structure so that there is no danger that either the sign or the supportive structure may be moved by the wind or other forces and cause injury to persons or property.
(e) Sanitation/Landscaping: Property surrounding any freestanding sign shall be kept clean, sanitary and free from obnoxious and offensive substances, weeds, debris, rubbish, and flammable material. All plant materials and other landscaping surrounding a freestanding sign shall be maintained on a regular basis, including pruning, mowing, watering, fertilizing and replacement of dead and diseased materials.
(f) Maintenance: All signs and all components thereof, including without limitation supports, braces, and anchors, shall be kept in a state of good repair. Peeling or missing paint, holes, broken, cracked, bent, warped, rotted, discolored, sagging, out-of-plumb, worn, rusted or missing material parts shall be repaired within ten (15) days of written notification of the Zoning Official.
(Ord. 1166. Passed 9-24-01.)