[Adopted 5-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-07]
The property owner shall be responsible for maintaining all
signs erected on a tax lot. This maintenance shall include repainting,
repairing and cleaning as necessary.
A. No sign within the jurisdictional limits of the Borough of Berlin
shall be permitted to exhibit:
(1) Excessive chipped or peeling paint or lettering;
(2) Damaged or broken lettering or signboard;
(3) Illegible material due to fading, obliteration or other condition;
or
(4) Dirty, torn, rusted, broken or otherwise damaged awning, canopy,
projecting sign or other sign support structure.
B. If the Zoning Officer determines that any sign is in a state of disrepair
so as to no longer be reasonably capable of presenting its message
or abandoned or a danger to the public health or public safety, he
shall give written notice of the condition of the sign to the owner
of the sign and to the owner of record of the tax lot.
C. The property owner shall thereafter have 30 days to repair or remove
said sign.
D. If said sign is not satisfactorily repaired or removed within the
thirty-day period, the Zoning Officer may thereafter take such actions
as are permitted pursuant to the Code of the Borough of Berlin.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or
imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or both, in the discretion of
the court.