A. No citation will be issued until the director has issued a notice of violation to the owner, agent or person having a beneficial interest in the building or the premises on which a prohibited sign or any other sign which violates any provision of this chapter is located. The person having a beneficial interest in the sign shall remove or alter the sign to comply with the provisions of this chapter within seventy two (72) hours of the date of the notice. The notice shall also state that if the sign is not removed or brought into compliance within seventy two (72) hours of the date of the notice the director may cause it to be removed.
B. If the director causes the sign to be removed, the sign must be retained for fifteen (15) days, during which the owner, agent or person having a beneficial interest may protest the action and reclaim the sign. At the expiration of fifteen (15) days, any unclaimed sign shall be deemed abandoned and may be discarded.
C. The cost of removal, alteration and/or storage of any sign erected or maintained in violation of this chapter shall be paid by a permittee, sign owner, agent or person having a beneficial interest in the sign. The cost of removal and storage shall be determined by resolution of the city council. The cost of removal and storage or alteration shall become a debt owing the city for the collection of which the city may maintain a civil action in its name.
D. The director may summarily and without notice cause the removal of any sign which is an immediate safety threat to person or property. (Ord. 2552 § 1, 2004)