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175H.18   UNSAFE AND UNLAWFUL SIGNS.
If the Zoning Administrator shall find that any sign, billboard, or other advertising structure regulated herein is unsafe, insecure, menace to the public, prohibited, or is in violation of the provisions of this chapter, he/she shall promptly give written notice to the permittee thereof or to the owner of premises on which the sign is located. If the permittee or owner fails to remove or alter the sign structure so as to comply with the standards herein set forth within three (3) working days after such notice, such sign, billboard or other advertising structure may be removed or altered to comply by the Zoning Administrator at the expense of the permittee or owner of the property upon which it located, however, if the owner of the sign has promptly ordered the necessary parts to repair the sign and has not received them or has promptly ordered the repair work done by an authorized erector and the erector has failed to respond within the three (3) work day period then a further extension of time may be granted upon a verified statement that such delay is not the result of any act of the permittee or owner of the premises. If the Zoning Administrator shall find that any sign, billboard or other advertising structure regulated herein has been constructed or erected in violation of the provisions of this chapter, he shall promptly give written notice to the owner of the premises on which the sign is located. If the owner fails to remove or alter the structure so as to comply with the standards herein set forth within three (3) work days after such notice, such sign or billboard may be removed or altered to comply by the Zoning Administrator at the expense of the owner of the property upon which it is located. The Zoning Administrator may refuse to issue a permit to any permittee or owner who refuses to pay costs so assessed provided such authority is confined to the premises where the violation occurred.