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Section 9 "'\~ ~\" REMOVAL AND DISPOSITION OF SIGNS Sec. 9.1. Maintenance and Repair Every sign including but not limited to those signs for which permits or for which no permits or permit fees are required, shall be maintained in a safe, presentable and good structural ma- terial condition at all times, including the replacement of defective parts, painting, repainting. cleaning, and other acts required for the maintenance of said sign, The Administrator shall require compliance with all standards of this Code, If the sign is not made to comply with ade- quate safety standards the Administrator shall require its removal in accordance with this Secl'lon, Sec. 9.2. Abandoned Signs Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any sign which is located on property which be- comes vacant and unoccupied for a period of three months or more, or any sign which pertains to a time, event, or purpose which no longer applies, shall be deemed to have been abandoned Permanent signs applicable to a bUSiness temporarily suspended because of a change of own- ership or management of such business shall not be deemed abandoned unless the property re- mains vacant for a period of six months or more. An abandoned sign is prohibited and shall be removed by the owner of the sign or owner of the premises. Sec. 9.3. Dangerous or Defective Signs No person shall maintain or permit to be maintained on any premises owned or controlled by him any sign which is in a dangerous or defective condition. Any such sign shall be rernOvec or repa'lred by the owner 01 the sign or the owner of the premises. Sec. 9.4. Unlawful Signs No person shall erect on any premises owned or controlled by him any sign which does not comply with the provisions of this Code. Sec. 9.5. Street Improvement Projects Any sign projecting over a public right-of-way at the time of the effective date of this Coce which was subject to removal or relocation at the owner's expense, pursuant to a permit or other ordinance of the city, shall be removed by the owner or altered at the owner's expense to comply with the regulations of this Code if, as the result of, or after completion at a street improvement project, said sign does not or would not comply with the provisions of this Code. Sec. 9.6. Removal of Signs by the Administrator The Administrator shall cause to be remo\led any sign that endangers the public safety sucn as an abandoned, dangerous, or materially, electrically or structurally defective sign or a sign for which no permit has been issued. The Administrator shall prepare a notice which shall de- scribe the sign and specify the violation involved and which shall state that if the Sign IS 1'101 removed or the violation is not corrected within ten days the sign shall be removed in accorQ- ance with the provisions of this Section. All notices mailed by the Administrator shall be sent by certified mail, Any time periods prOVided in this Section shall be deemed to commence on the date of the receipt of the cerlified mail. For all other signs the notice shall be mailed to the owner of the property on which the s'gn is located as shown on the last equalized assessment roll. If known, or with reasonable care should be known, the notice shall be mailed to or delivered to the owner of the sign and the occupant of the property, 42 ---