(A) If the town’s administrative body shall find that any sign or other advertising structure regulated herein is unsafe or insecure, is a menace to the public, is abandoned, or maintained in a dilapidated condition, or has been constructed or erected, or is being maintained in violation of the provisions of this chapter, the town shall give written notice to the permittee or property owner or sign owner. If the permittee or property owner or sign owner fails to timely appeal, or to remove or alter the sign or advertising structure so as to cure the deficiency within a reasonable time specified in such notice, such sign or other advertising structure may be removed or altered to comply by the town; any expense incidental to such removal or alteration shall be charged to the owner of the property upon which the sign is located and shall constitute a lien upon the property.
(B) (1) The Board of Trustees or administrative body may cause any sign or other advertising structure which is an immediate peril to persons or property to be removed summarily without notice. Such signs or other advertising structures are hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(2) When any sign is removed summarily without notice, the owner or lessee thereof shall have the right to a post-seizure administrative hearing by the Board of Trustees to determine whether there was probable cause to remove the sign.
(Ord. 16-03-01, passed 3-8-2016)