(A) No person shall post or affix any notice, poster, or other paper or device, calculated to attract the attention of the public, to any lamppost, public utility pole, tree, public structure, or building. The owner of the business so advertised whose notice or poster is so affixed or posted as set forth in this section shall be deemed to be the person who had the same posted.
(B) The Police Department or the Code Enforcement Officers shall cause a notice to be served in person or by certified mail at the last known address to such person or persons believed to be responsible for the posters, signs or notices within the time specified in the notice to remove, which time shall be not less than one day nor more than three days after mailing of the notice. Failure to comply with the notice of removal within the time specified shall be a punishable violation and shall subject the person placing the notices or causing them to be posted to the penalties prescribed in § 10.99 of this code or by order of the Code Enforcement Board.
(C) The city shall not be required to prove that the owner of the business so advertised in such notices or posters actually or personally placed or caused the same to be placed or posted.
(D) In any prosecution for the violation of the terms and provisions of this section, it shall be presumed that the owner of the business whose name or business appears on such prohibited notices or posters is the person who posted or caused the same to be posted.
(‘69 Code, § 9-57) (Ord. 116, passed 6-7-65; Am. Ord. 1086, passed 8-3-94) Penalty, see § 10.99
Cross-reference:
Offenses against public peace and safety, posting advertisements or notices; abatement procedure, see § 134.50