(A) (1) All outdoor signs shall be securely and safely erected, installed, placed and maintained by the contractor or owner thereof in a manner as to assure the prevention of personal injury or damage to property.
(2) Whenever the Mayor finds a sign in an insecure or unsafe condition, a notice of the finding shall be immediately delivered to the contractor and owner thereof with an order to immediately remedy the insecure and unsafe condition reported, whereupon the owner and the contractor shall immediately comply with the order. If the order is not promptly acknowledged and complied with, then the Mayor to prevent possible personal injury or property damage, shall forthwith incur such reasonable expense necessary to have the insecure and unsafe sign repaired or removed and this expense shall be reimbursed by the contractor or owner of the sign to the city upon a certification by the Mayor of work done and expense incurred.
(3) The contractor and owner shall immediately remit the amount of reimbursement demanded, unless the owner or contractor questions the reasonableness of the amount of reimbursement demanded, whereupon the question may be negotiated in an equitable manner or an action filed at law by the city for collection.
(B) All outdoor signs erected, installed, placed or maintained shall comply with the provisions of the zoning regulations. Hereafter no sign in excess of 600 square inches shall be erected, installed or posted.
(C) No sign shall be erected, posted, installed or maintained which is found to create a public nuisance or hazard, or that the sign itself suggests by wording or design certain malicious, scurrilous or degrading implications likely to or does create public complaint and objections.
(Ord. 3, Series 1996-1997, passed 10-1-96)