Section
110.01 Posting advertisements on utility poles or fire alarm boxes
110.02 Posting advertisements on public rights-of-way
110.03 Placing advertisements on vehicles
110.04 Maintenance of signs
110.05 Cleanliness of area surrounding signs
110.06 Unsafe signs; notice to City Commission; notice; order to demolish; demolition
It shall be unlawful for any person to post, tack, paste or attach any bill, card, poster, notice or advertisement of any kind on or to any telegraph, telephone, fire alarm or electric light or power pole in the city, or in any manner injure or deface such fixtures or poles.
(1998 Code, § 6-1) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to locate, post or display any bill, card, poster, notice or advertisement of any kind on or in any public street, alley or other right-of-way in the city.
(1998 Code, § 6-2) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to paste or fasten or otherwise attach to or upon any part of any vehicle any notice, sign or advertisement unless placed in such a manner so as to prevent the notice, sign or advertisement from being blown or carried about by the elements.
(1998 Code, § 6-3) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to maintain any existing billboard or signboard so as to keep it in a good state of repair.
(1998 Code, § 6-4) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to keep the grass or weeds cut and removed on or around any billboard or signboard, and it shall be unlawful to permit trash to collect within a distance of 20 feet from the billboard or signboard.
(1998 Code, § 6-5) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) General. If the Building Inspector has reason to believe any billboard or signboard has deteriorated because of failure to maintain it, or for any other reason, to the extent that, as a practical matter, it cannot be placed in a safe condition from the standpoint of the public without substantially rebuilding the billboard or signboard, then he or she shall so advise the City Commission.
(1998 Code, § 6-6)
(B) Notice of hearing. After notice is given to the City Commission under the provisions of division (A) above, the Commission may then give reasonable notice to the operator or owner of the billboard or signboard of a hearing to be held by the Commission to determine whether the billboard or signboard should be demolished.
(1998 Code, § 6-7)
(C) Order to demolish. A full and fair hearing shall be held at the appointed time and place to determine whether the billboard or signboard should be demolished as provided in division (B) above. If, as a result of the hearing, it is determined that the billboard or signboard should be demolished and all material and debris removed in that it could not be repaired and placed in a safe condition without substantially rebuilding the billboard or signboard, then the City Commission shall so order, and ten days’ written notice shall be given the owner or operator to accomplish the demolition and removal.
(1998 Code, § 6-8)
(D) Demolition by city. If, after the notice as required by division (C) above, the owner or operator fails or refuses to remove and demolish the billboard or signboard, upon an order duly passed by the City Commission, the Building Inspector may cause the billboard or signboard to be demolished, and the cost for so doing, including the removal of all material and debris, shall be charged to the owner or operator of the billboard or signboard, and the cost shall be the lawful debt of the owner or operator to the city.
(1998 Code, § 6-9)