(A) All signs or outdoor advertising structures or surfaces shall be properly maintained in good condition, so as to present a quality and orderly appearance, and repaired to prevent threats to public health and safety and to preserve the aesthetic appeal. The Codes Enforcement Officer shall have the authority to order the repair, repainting, alteration, or removal of any sign which constitutes a hazard to the health, safety, or public welfare or which is an eyesore to the community by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, or obsolescence. If an outdoor advertising structure or surface is not maintained, the Codes and Zoning Enforcement Officer shall notify in writing the owner, agent, or person having the beneficial use of the building, structure, or lot upon which the sign may be found, to alter such sign as to comply with this subchapter within thirty (30) days.
(B) Signs are considered a neglected or dilapidated sign if any of the following conditions are present: rust boreholes on or in the sign or sign structure; broken, missing, loose or bent parts; faded or flaking paint; non-operative or partially non-operative illumination or mechanical devices, or missing letters in the sign.
(C) The enforcement officer, after notice and subject to the appeal as provided for in § 156.151(B) through (D), may have any sign removed which shows gross neglect or is becoming dilapidated.
(Ord. passed 1-27-87; Am. Ord. O-2019-20, passed 7-22-19) Penalty, see § 156.999