(A) The violation of or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or the erection, use, or display of any sign not in compliance with all of the provisions of this chapter shall be and is declared to be a misdemeanor.
(B) On conviction, any person in violation of or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or the owner or user of an unlawful sign or the owner of the property on which an unlawful sign is located, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days for each week, or portion thereof, that the violation or noncompliance or use or display of the unlawful sign has continued. Every person concerned in the violation of or failure to comply with the chapter, whether he directly commits the act or aids or abets the same, and whether present or absent, shall be proceeded against and held as a principal.
(C) However, the owner of property on which an unlawful sign is located, who is not also the owner or user of the unlawful sign, shall be subject to the misdemeanor penalties only if demand for removal or alteration of the unlawful sign shall have been mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the owner and the demand has remained uncomplied with for more than 30 days.
(Ord. 81-0-8, passed 4-21-81)