(a) Whenever the removal or maintenance of any permanent sign has been ordered by the Service Director, the owner of such a sign shall remove or maintain such sign within 48 hours after receiving such notice. In the event of noncompliance, the Service Director may remove or cause to be removed or maintained such sign at the expense of the owner of such sign or the owner of the property on whose premises it was erected, affixed or attached, and such person shall be individually and separately liable for the expense incurred in the removal of such sign.
(b) Portable or temporary signs in existence on the effective date of this section which do not comply with this chapter, and all other signs heretofore erected or displayed without legal authorization, shall be removed immediately after the delivery by the Service Director of written notice to do so, to the owner or occupant of the premises on which such signs are located. Notification can be by personal delivery or by certified mail. Costs for sign removal, if not paid for by the owner, will be added as an assessment to the tax duplicate.
(c) Signs, flags, banners, posters, pennants, ribbons, streamers, spinners or other similar moving devices that are installed or erected must be removed immediately upon written or verbal notification from the Service Department.
(Ord. 2001-49. Passed 12-10-01.)