1723.99  PENALTY.
   (a)   Whoever violates any provision of this article for which no other penalty is provided, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).  Each day that a sign, awning or covering forbidden by this article is maintained and each day that a sign, awning or covering is maintained without repairs, after forty-eight hours from the time the owner thereof has been notified by the City to repair the same, and each day that awning covering is maintained after forty-eight hours from the time the owner has been notified by the City to remove the same, shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.
(1960 Code 7-801.7)
 
   (b)   Whoever violates Section 1723.07, whether as principal, agent or employee, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00); and such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which any violation of Section 1723.07 is committed or continued.  Every such prohibited sign or other marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.  Upon receiving notice of any violation of Section 1723.07, the Mayor may cause the prohibited sign or other marking to be removed and cause the appearance of the property on which it was affixed to be restored, as near as may be practicable, to its condition immediately before such violation occurred.  The Mayor shall, in the name of the City recover from the persons who hereafter violate Section 1723.07 the amounts expended by the City in removing the sign or other  marking  and in restoring the appearance of the property on which it was affixed.
(1960 Code 9-309.)