All signs and sign structures shall be maintained in a safe condition and shall not exhibit evidence of significant wear, deterioration or damage. Whenever the Chief Building Official has ordered the repair or removal of a permanent or temporary sign, due to its hazardous condition or due to the lack of an appropriate required permit, and such action has not been taken within forty-eight hours of delivery of such notice to the person or entity which owns the sign or on whose property it is displayed, the Chief Building Official may cause the repair or removal of the sign at the expense of such person or other entity. If, in the opinion of the Chief Building Official, the sign is so hazardous as to constitute an immediate danger to human life, the Chief Building Official shall promptly cause the repair or removal of the sign at the expense of such person or other entity without the necessity of waiting forty-eight hours.
(Ord. 1993-135. Passed 11-1-93.)