[Added 2-24-2014]
Any violation of this chapter or of any condition or requirement
adopted pursuant hereto may be restrained, corrected, or abated, as
the case may be, by injunction or other appropriate proceedings in
any court of competent jurisdiction. The remedies of the Town shall
include the following:
A.
Issuing a stop-work order for any and all work on any signs on the
lot in violation.
B.
Seeking an injunction or other order of restraint or abatement that
requires the removal of the sign(s) or the correction of the nonconformity.
C.
Commence and proceed with criminal and civil proceedings, sanctions
and penalties in accordance with this Code.
D.
The Code Enforcement Officer is authorized to remove any screening,
material or vegetation that violates the provisions of this section,
without notice to the owner or owners of the parcel(s) or of the signage,
and may subsequently notify the owner(s) to claim the signage. In
the event that no person or entity which owns the violating material
claims said material within 30 days of written notification by the
Code Enforcement Officer, the Code Enforcement Officer may dispose
of the material without liability to the Code Enforcement Officer
or the Town. The provisions stated hereinabove shall not prevent the
Town from commencing an appropriate criminal and/or civil proceeding.
E.
In the case of material that poses an immediate danger to the public
health or safety, the Town shall take such measures as are available
to it under the applicable provisions of this article and the building
code.
F.
All such remedies provided herein shall be cumulative.
