The City Community Development Director, or his or her designee, is hereby vested with all duties and powers necessary to enforce this subchapter. Such powers and duties include the power to:
(A) Issue permits for construction, repair, and/or alteration of all signs regulated by this subchapter;
(B) Ascertain that all sign construction, repair, and/or alteration is done in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local building codes and other relevant regulations;
(C) Conduct any and all inspections and re-inspections during the construction, repair, and/or alteration process as may be necessary to determine compliance with this subchapter;
(D) Require changes to the construction, repair, and/or alteration of a sign when such sign is found to be out of compliance with this subchapter;
(E) Issue notices of violation, citations, written warnings, and other such enforcement proceedings as may be necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this subchapter;
(F) To abate and remove unsafe, dangerous, or illegal signs as follows:
(1) Prior to doing so, the Community Development Director, or his or her designee, shall provide the party responsible for the sign with a written notice of the violation(s) and outline what steps the party needs to take to bring the sign into compliance with this subchapter.
(a) Temporary signs shall be given 72 hours to take the corrective steps; and
(b) Permanent signs shall be given 30 days to take the corrective steps.
(2) Signs posted upon public property, including in the public right-of-way, may be immediately removed by the Community Development Director, or his or her designee.
(G) Require that signs related to a business which has been discontinued be removed within 30 days of the business ceasing operation; and
(H) Any person who wishes to appeal any decision or notice of action undertaken pursuant to this subchapter, or any person who wishes to seek a variance from the regulations contained herein, may do so by following remedy procedures outlined in §§ 157.035 through 157.048. Such reasons for requesting a variance may include, but are not limited to:
(1) Expansion of a nonconforming use;
(2) New use of a previously-abandoned nonconforming sign; and
(3) Sign design, placement, and use outside of the regulations of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 56.04) (Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992; Ord. 7-2003, passed 9-17-2003; Ord. 36-2021, passed 12-21-2021; Ord. 12-2023, passed 6-21-2023)