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The City may at any time, and without notice, remove and impound signs which have been erected on.publicproperty or within.a public right-of-way or easement.. The sign's owner may retrieve the sign :from the City upon payment. of a $50 impoundment fee, ..If:the same owner.has a subsequent sign:impounded within the same calendar year, the impoundment fecis doubled.. The City. shall not:be held liable for any damage to an impounded sign. If a sign is not retrieved within thirty (M) days; the City may dispose of it.. 19A.3 Sign. Without aPermit or<in Violation of.Regulations The Zoning.Administrator or designee may order the correction or removal of any sign which. has: been erected without a pexznit, or has been erected .or altered such that the. sign is in violation of these regulations; A) The person.responsible.for the sign may apply for a sign perink "after .thc fact," paying double the :applicable sign perrni.t.fee, if the only violation is lack of a.permit. S} If`an order is not remedied or complied with in the time. specified, the City Council .maydeclare.the sign a public nuisance and direct :that the.nuisance be abated under the procedures set:forth in Gem Lake Ordinance No. 8G. Q In addition to the above, the City Council may give written notice to the person. responsible for. the. sign that:the Council will consider civil penalties for the violation. The written notice shall contain.a summary of all:facts.the Council ynterids to consider, and state the date and time at which the CouncilvU consider a penalty: Ifthe person receiving the notice appears at that.date and time, the Council must give the person reasonable timeto present matter$ in defense. or mitigation of the alleged offense. If, in the Council's xe alleged yxvl�ti is supported by fte vidence presgnte tp�it, it may o�,4cx, t11e payment of.a: u 100A 600. 1,594. Fh.oitstandiig uxipaiciyil.ealties.shall not�eiigije to receive pern ie. Ci0 of Gem Lake& til l `e penalty is paid. Dj Violation.of these regulations shall be a: misdemeanor. Each day on which the condition giving rise to the violation exists shall constitute a.separate offense. None of the other enforcement options described above shin preclude the City from issuing a citation and prosecuting any violation of these regulations as:a misdemeanor: Section 1.9.5 Applicable Standards. 19.5.1 Measurement Standards: A) Sign Area and Dimensions; 1) For a wall sign which is framedi outlined, painted or otherwise prepared and intended to provide. a: background fora sign. display, the area and.dimensions shall:include the entire portion within such. background or fraine. 2}.For a wall sign comprised of individual letters, figures or elements on a wall or similar surface of the building or structure, the area and dimensions o£ the sign shall e-ricompass a regular: geometric shape or a combination of regular geonietric drapes which form, .or approximate; theperimeter of all elements in the display, the frame, and. any applied. background that is not part of the architecture of the building. When separate elements are organized to form a singlesign, but air- separated by open space; the sign area and diinensions .shall becalculated by. deter i�nining the geometric form, or combination of forms,.which comprises .& of the display areas; including the. spite between. different Updated June 5, 2017 GenrLake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance. —Page 101.