The zoning administrator is hereby vested with the duty of enforcing the sign regulations of this chapter and in the performance of such duty is empowered and directed:
A. Issue Permits: To issue permits to construct, alter or repair signs which conform to the regulations of the city.
B. Require Conformance: To ascertain that all signs, construction of, or maintenance of any sign is in conformance with regulations of the city and the conditions imposed precedent to the issuance of a conditional use permit, if applicable.
C. Notice Of Violations: To issue a notice of violation to the person having charge or control or benefit of any sign determined by the zoning administrator or building official to be unsafe or dangerous, or in violation of ordinances of the city.
D. Action Upon Violations: To institute any appropriate action or proceedings in any case where any sign is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or in any case where any sign is in violation of any ordinance of the city, including, but not limited to, this title, to accomplish the following purposes:
1. To prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use; and
2. To restrain, correct or abate such violation.
E. Abatement, Removal: To abate and remove any unmaintained sign, the condition of which is not corrected within five (5) working days following appropriate notice to the person having charge, control, or benefit of any such sign, as provided by law. (Ord. 2008-002, 2008)