(A) No person shall remove, deface, mark, disfigure, injure, tamper with, displace, cover, or in any way obscure, a sign or notice posted on a property or structure by the City Building Official or designee. This shall include the following signs or notices:
(1) Notice of Violation;
(2) Correction Notice;
(3) Unsafe Building Notice;
(4) Stop Work Order;
(5) Any other sign/notice/placard posted by the City Building Department for health or safety reasons, and which displays a penalty provision on the face thereof.
(B) The Building Official or designee shall order the sign or notice removed whenever the defect or defects upon which the noticed action was based have been eliminated or determined to be non-existent by a court of competent jurisdiction or through a proper quasi-judicial administrative proceeding.
(C) Any person who violates this section shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every sign or notice removed and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment not exceeding 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. 2000-3, passed 10-12-99)