§ 21-8. Enforcement and penalties.


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  • (a)

    The director or his/her designee may issue a citation for violation of this chapter by any person, including if applicable, the owner, manager or tenant of the lot upon which a sign is located, for a sign erected, altered, maintained, converted, or used in violation of this chapter or in violation of any other applicable ordinance, including, but not limited to the building and electrical codes.

    (b)

    The director and/or his/her designee shall have the same duties, authority, and obligations regarding access to private property, inspections, including the procurement of inspection warrants provided in Article VI of Chapter 27 of the Code with regard to the enforcement of this chapter.

    (c)

    Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction, shall be subject to the general penalty provided in section 1-10 of the County Code. Each sign installed, created, erected or maintained in violation of this chapter shall be considered a separate violation, and each day of a continued violation for each sign shall be considered a separate violation when applying the penalties authorized in section 1-10.

    (d)

    The county may seek affirmative equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to cause the removal or repair of any sign in violation of this chapter or other county ordinances.

    (e)

    The director or his or her designee, any county employee who operates an assigned county-owned vehicle, or any person contracting with the county for such purpose may, without notice, remove and dispose of any prohibited sign, signal, device or other structure erected, placed or maintained on the dedicated right of way of any public road. Such removal and disposal of a prohibited sign, signal, device or other structure shall not preclude the prosecution of any person for erecting, placing or maintaining such item in the dedicated public right-of-way.

(Ord. No. 13-03, Pt. I, 6-10-03; Ord. No. 25-03, Pt. I, 10-14-03; Ord. No. 11-07, Pt. I, 5-10-11)