§ 36-1570. Violations and fines.

(a)

If the city planner finds that any sign regulated by this article is or are prohibited as to: size, location, content, type, number, height or method of construction, or are unsafe, insecure or a menace to the public, or if any sign has been constructed or erected without a permit first being issued, or is improperly maintained, or is in violation of any other provisions of this article, the planner shall give written notice of such violation to the owner or lessee of the sign.

(b)

If the owner or lessee fails to remove or alter the sign so as to comply with the provisions set forth in this article within 24 hours following receipt of said notice:

(1)

Such sign may be deemed to be a nuisance and may be abated by the city by proceedings taken under Minn. Stats. ch. 429, or any other nuisance abatement procedures allowed by this Code or state law and the cost of abatement, including administration expenses, may be levied as a special assessment against the property upon which the sign is located; or

(2)

Such owner or lessee may be prosecuted under section 1-18; and

(3)

The city may exercise any and all other remedies provided by section 1-18.

(c)

If the owner or lessee shall have been given notice of a violation hereunder and shall have removed or altered the sign, and shall then re-erect or install a sign which is the same as or similar to the sign as to which notice of violation was given, such re-erection or installation shall be deemed a violation of this article, and no notice of such violation shall be required.

(Code 1970; Code 1992, § 460.06(4))