Ordinance 2076-95 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • • 4. Signs placed in the right-of-way within an improved planting strip as defined in EMC 46.28.020 without the permission of the abutting property owner may be summarily removed by the abutting property owner; or 5. Signs on Private Property that violate a provision of this Chapter. Except as provided in subsection A(1),the Planning Director or his/her designee shall give written notice by first class mail to the owner of the sign,business, building structure, or premises on which the sign is located; a. Notice shall advise the owner of the sign, business, building, structure, or premises to bring the sign into compliance or to remove it by a specified date; b. The Planning Director or his/her designee shall have discretionary power to set a time limit for compliance not to exceed thirty days from the date of mailing the written notice; c. The written notice shall describe the violation,the appeal process, and the enforcement provisions including penalties that may be assessed; d. Upon the owner's failure to comply with the provisions of this Chapter or failure to remove the sign,the Planning Director or his/her designee may remove the sign at the owner's expense. e. The owner may appeal the determination of the Planning Director or his/her designee that the sign is in violation of this Chapter to the City's Land Use Hearing Examiner within ten(10)working days of mailing of the Planning Director's notification. Such determination constitutes an administrative determination per EMC 2.23.120(A)(1)(b). On appeal the Hearing Examiner shall determine if the Planning Director or his/her designee has properly applied the provisions of this Chapter. 6. The Planning Director or his/her designee will attempt to contact the owner after removal of signs. The owner may contact the Planning Director or his/her designee to retrieve any signs removed. Failure to retrieve within thirty (30) days from date of removal will result in disposal by the City. B. Penalty. Any person found in violation of any provision of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each day that each violation continues. Section 5: Section 36.120 of Ordinance#1671-89, as amended(EMC 19.36.120(B)),which reads: Residential Directional Signs. Signs advertising "open house" and the direction to a residence for sale or rent shall be limited to three single-faced or double-faced off- premises signs. Such signs may not exceed four square feet per face. Such signs are permitted only when a real estate agent, seller or property manager is in attendance at the property for sale, and not overnight. Such signs may be placed along the periphery of public right-of-way, but shall not be placed on a sidewalk or in any location where they would cause a public hazard as determined by the traffic engineer. is hereby amended to read: 4