The responsibility for the maintenance and removal of signs shall be as follows:
(a) The owner of the sign shall be held responsible for the maintenance, repair and upkeep of his sign.
(b) If any sign reaches a state of disrepair and is deemed unsightly or unsafe by the Building and Zoning Inspector, and is not properly renovated, notice shall be given to the owner and repairs shall be made within sixty (60) days at the expense of the sign owner or building owner.
(c) The sign owner shall be held responsible for the removal and dismissal of all abandoned signs, including the complete stocking out of painted wall signs.
(d) Signs which are no longer functional, no longer serve the purpose for which they were intended or are abandoned shall be removed or relocated in compliance with the provision of this chapter, within sixty (60) days following such malfunction or nonfunction.
(e) If the sign owner cannot be determined, located or legally held responsible, the building owner or land owner where no building exists, shall be held responsible. (Ord. 1209-97. Passed 10-9-97.)