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2. Unauthorized signs that are placed on any utility pole, public property, public <br /> building or public structure, or on any traffic sign may be summarily removed by <br /> the city's code compliance officer or his/her designee; or <br /> 3. Signs placed in the right-of-way which are not authorized by this chapter of <br /> the zoning code to be located in the right-of-way may be summarily removed by <br /> the city's code compliance officer or his/her designee; or <br /> 4. Signs placed in the right-of-way within an improved planting strip as defined <br /> in Section 46.28.020 without the permission of the abutting property owner may <br /> be summarily removed by the abutting property owner; or <br /> 5. Signs on private property that violate a provision of this chapter. Except as <br /> provided in subsection A.1, the planning director or his/her designee shall give <br /> written notice by first class mail to the owner of the sign, business, building <br /> structure, or premises on which the sign is located: <br /> a. Notice shall advise the owner of the sign, business, building, structure, or <br /> premises to bring the sign into compliance or to remove it by a specified date; <br /> b. The planning director or his/her designee shall have discretionary power to <br /> set a time limit for compliance not to exceed thirty days from the date of mailing <br /> the written notice; <br /> c. The written notice shall describe the violation, the appeal process, and the <br /> enforcement provisions including penalties that may be assessed; <br /> d. Upon the owner's failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or <br /> failure to remove the sign, the planning director or his/her designee may remove <br /> the sign at the owner's expense; <br /> e. The owner may appeal the determination of the planning director or his/her <br /> designee that the sign is in violation of this chapter to the city's land use hearing <br /> examiner within ten working days of mailing of the planning director's notification. <br /> Such determination constitutes an administrative determination per Section <br /> 2.23.120.A.1.b. On appeal the hearing examiner shall determine if the planning <br /> director or his/her designee has properly applied the provisions of this chapter. <br /> 6. The planning director or his/her designee will attempt to contact the owner <br /> after removal of signs. The owner may contact the planning director or his/her <br /> designee to retrieve any signs removed. Failure to retrieve within thirty days from <br /> date of removal will result in disposal by the city. <br /> Page 2of5 <br />