(a) If the applicant for a permit for the suspension of any sign or other device, for the storage of building materials or for the installation of any tank, pump or scale is not the owner of the premises abutting the street whereon such article is to be located, no permit shall be granted unless and until the owner of such premises agrees in writing that he will pay for the cost of the removal of the same and the cost of restoration of the sidewalk or roadway, if such cost is not paid by the applicant, and that, in default of such payment, a lien may be filed against the property for the cost of the same, in accordance with law and the provisions of this chapter.
(b) If any offending sign, banner, canopy, advertising device, building material, tank, pump, scale or other article or device or any obstruction of any kind is not removed after notice as herein required and the sidewalk and roadway restored to its original condition, the proper Borough officers and/or their agents may then remove the same and the cost of such removal and restoration may be assessed against the property from in front of which such object or structure was removed, together with twenty percent additional. If such assessment is not paid, a Municipal lien therefor may be filed against such property or an action in assumpsit may be brought therefor in accordance with law.
(Ord. 268. Passed 6-4-25. )