All signs shall be adequately maintained. The maintenance shall include proper alignment, continued readability, and preservation of structural components. The sign surface must be maintained with paint or other surface-finishing material. All signs located in the village will be erected, altered, and maintained at the risk of the owner thereof, who shall assume full responsibility for consequences or damage caused thereby. Where those signs are deemed to have become unsafe or not properly maintained, the village shall issue written notice of any disrepair to the owner to correct the situation or have the sign removed. Upon failure to remove or correct such conditions within 30 days after notice, the village shall have the sign summarily removed as a public nuisance and the cost incurred in removal of same to be borne by the owner of the sign.
(Prior Code, § 154.322) (Ord. 48, passed 6-21-2005) Penalty, see § 154.999