Legal Documents of Mountain City
Code of Mountain City
Title 14 Zoning and Land Use Control
Chapter 4 Signs
14-406 : Administration and enforcement.
- Regulatory enforcement. The building official and/or designee are hereby authorized and directed to enforce all of the provisions of this chapter. This authority empowers such individuals to perform any necessary inspections, including entering upon private property, and to issue related citations for the enforcement of this chapter.
- Violation notice. The building official shall order the removal of any sign erected or maintained in violation of this chapter upon private property, providing ten (10) days' written notice to the owner of the premises upon which the offending permanent sign is located to achieve compliance with provisions of this chapter. If, after ten (10) days, the property owner has failed to achieve compliance with this chapter, a citation to municipal court shall be issued. When good faith efforts to bring a sign into compliance have begun within ten (10) days' of notice of violation, the building official may extend the time period for compliance with this chapter to a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. In cases where the owner of the premises has previously been notified of violations on two (2) or more occasions, a citation may be issued without prior written notice.
- Impoundment/disposal of signs without warning. The building official shall have the authority to remove without notice any illegal sign on public property or a public right-of-way, or any illegal sign attached to trees, fences, posts, utility poles or other natural features. Such signs shall be considered litter and shall be subjected to disposal.
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Duration of violation. Each day that a violation of this chapter remains shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter for purposes of the court's assessment of fines or penalties.
In case of conflict between this chapter or any part hereof, and the whole or part of any existing ordinance of the town, the provision that establishes the higher standard shall prevail.
If any section, subsection, clause, provision or portion of this chapter is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect any other section, subsection, clause, provision or portion of this chapter. It is the specific intention of the town that each provision in this chapter stand or fall on its own, and not rely upon the effectiveness of other provisions in the chapter. (Ord. #1332, July 2013)