§ 14-3. Enforcement.

This chapter shall be enforced by all remedies allowed by law including, but not limited to, removal of the sign and a citation issued to the responsible party. Any sign installed after the effective date of this chapter, which is in violation of this chapter, may be removed by the Inspection services department without prior notice to the owner and placed in storage. Upon removal of the sign, the owner shall be given either verbal or written notification that the sign has been removed and placed in storage. The owner shall be given ten (10) days after notification to claim the sign. If the sign is not claimed after ten (10) days, the Inspection services department may have the sign destroyed. To claim the sign, the owner shall pay a fee before removal from storage of fifteen dollars ($15.00) plus two dollars ($2.00) per day for each day the sign is left in storage. If the expense for removal and storage of the sign is greater than the amounts prescribed, the actual cost for removal and storage shall be paid by the owner to claim the sign. The city shall not be held responsible for any damage to the sign caused by its removal and storage. Removal of the sign shall not have any effect on judicial proceedings which may be pursued for violation of this chapter. The city shall not remove a sign from private property without first providing written notice to the owner of the property.

(Ord. No. 07-11-05, § 2(3), 12-3-07)