[Adopted 11-1-1979 by Ord. No. 564-79]
The owner of every business that shall cease to operate and/or the owner of the building on which the sign is located shall remove all signs from the premises for which a sign has been erected within 30 days from the time the business ceases to operate.
Any sign in existence which advertises a business which had ceased to operate in the premises prior to the adoption of this chapter shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property upon which such sign exists, said owner to remove said sign within 30 days of notice to remove such sign.
If the owner of a sign and/or the building on which the sign is located fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, the Construction Official may cause such sign to be removed and all costs that are incurred by this action will be placed as a municipal lien against the property upon which said sign was located.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section IV, providing that every day a violation takes place shall be considered a separate violation, and original Section V, establishing a penalty for violations, both of which immediately followed this section, were deleted at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III. For current provisions on violations and penalties, see Ch. 1, Art. II.