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SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE
PREFACE
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 (Reserved)
Title 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 (Reserved)
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 (Reserved)
Title 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 13 PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 14 (Reserved)
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Title 16 OIL AND GAS CODE*
Title 17 TRAILER PARKS
Title 18 SUBDIVISIONS*
Title 19 (Reserved)
Title 20 ZONING
Title 21 PUBLIC DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT FEES TO BE PAID BY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES
PRIOR CODE CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
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9.40.030   Prohibited signs declared nuisance.
   Any sign which is in violation of Sections 9.40.010 or 9.40.020 is declared a public nuisance.
(Ord. 73-4-699 § 2 (part): prior code § 15.05.030)
9.40.040   Abatement of signs.
   A.   Any temporary sign or signs in violation of this chapter shall be abated within twenty-four hours after notice has been given in writing to abate the sign or signs. Any sign which involves letters placed on a marquee is considered a temporary sign for purposes of this chapter.
   B.   Any sign or signs in violation of this chapter which can be covered or painted over in such a manner so that the sign will comply with this chapter and which do not require removal or mechanical or electrical alterations of the whole or part of the sign shall be covered or painted over within seven days after written notice has been given in writing to abate the sign or signs.
   C.   Signs in violation of this chapter which require mechanical or electrical alteration of all or part of the sign or require the removal of part or all of the sign in order to comply with this chapter shall be altered or removed within thirty days after service of written notice to abate the sign or signs.
(Ord. 73-4-699 § 2 (part): prior code § 15.05.040)
9.40.050   Abatement notices.
   A.   The administrative officer or his designee is authorized to prepare and deliver notice to abate any sign or signs in violation of this chapter.
   B.   Notice is deemed served for the purposes of this chapter if delivered to any person who is an owner or lessee of the premises on which the sign or signs are located or to any officer of any corporation or any partner of a partnership which is operating a business on the premises on which the sign or signs are located which violate this chapter and which is responsible for the sign or signs in violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 73-4-699 § 2 (part): prior code § 15.04.050)
9.40.060   Violations deemed misdemeanor.
   Every person who maintains, permits, or allows a public nuisance, as defined in this chapter, to exist upon his or her property or premises, and every person occupying or leasing the property or premises of another who maintains, permits, or allows a public nuisance, as defined in this chapter, to exist thereon after notice in writing as specified in this chapter to remove, discontinue, or abate the same has been served upon such person is guilty of a misdemeanor, and the existence of such nuisance for each and every day after the service of such notice shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
(Ord. 73-4-699 § 2 (part): prior code § 15.05.060)
9.40.070   Appeal.
   A.   Any person ordered to abate any sign pursuant to this chapter may file an appeal with the sign review committee. Such an appeal must be filed with the city clerk within twenty-four hours after written notice to abate a sign has been served except that if notice is served on a Friday, on a weekend, or a holiday, such notice of appeal shall be filed with the city clerk the next working day.
   B.   The sign review committee will hear the appeal within seventy-two hours after the appeal is filed with the city clerk unless a holiday or weekend intervenes, in which case the period of time for the sign review committee to hear the appeal is extended for the period of the weekend or holiday. Any notice of appeal of a notice to abate a sign will set forth the name of the person to be notified of the time and place the appeal shall be heard and where that person may be contacted.
   C.   Any person aggrieved by the action of the sign review committee may file an appeal with the city council. Notice of appeal to the city council shall be filed with the city clerk within seventy-two hours after the sign review committee has announced its decision.
   D.   Any appeal of a decision by the sign review committee to the city council will be heard by the council within two weeks of the date of the filing of the appeal.
(Ord. 73-4-699 § 2 (part): prior code § 15.05.070)
9.40.080   Stay of abatement on appeals.
   A.   Temporary signs in violation of this chapter shall be abated as required in this chapter and will not be permitted to remain even if an appeal has been filed. If the sign review committee finds that any temporary sign which has been ordered abated is in compliance with this chapter, such sign may be displayed after the decision of the sign review committee, even though an appeal of the decision of the sign review committee has been filed with the city council.
   B.   Any sign or signs, other than temporary signs, will be permitted to remain while an appeal of the notice to abate is being processed by either the sign review committee or the city council. On denial of an appeal by the sign review committee, the sign or signs that were the subject to the appeal must be abated within the time periods prescribed in Section 9.40.040 unless an appeal is filed with the city council, in which case the sign or signs must be abated within the time periods prescribed in Section 9.40.040 if the appeal is denied by the city council.
(Ord. 73-4-699 § 2 (part): prior code § 15.05.080)
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