HomeMy WebLinkAbout2754 Signmaker Liability ORDINANCE NO. ,~3 ~Sz'/-
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR SIGNMAKER LIABILITY FOR SIGN
VIOLATIONS
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 18.96.050.D of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
D. Unsafe or Illegal Signs.
1. If the Staff Advisor or Building Official shall find that any sign is
unsafe or insecure, or any sign erected or established under a sign permit has
been carried out in violation of said permit or this chapter, he/she shall give
written notice to the permittee or owner thereof to remove or alter such sign
within seven days.
2. The Staff Advisor or Building Official may cause any sign which
is an immediate peril to persons or property, or sign erected without a permit,
to be removed immediately, and said sign shall not be re-established until a
valid permit has been issued. Failure to remove or alter said signs as directed
shall subject the permittee or owner to the penalties prescribed in this Title.
3. Any person who erects, constructs, prints, paints or otherwise
makes a sign for which a sign permit or approval is required under Chapter
18.96 without first having determined a permit has been obtained for such sign,
has committed an infraction, and upon conviction thereof is punishable as
prescribed in section 1.08.020 of the Ashland Municipal Code. It shall not be a
defense to this section that such person erected, constructed, printed, painted
or otherwise made the sign for another.
The foregoing ordinance was first READ on the
duly PASSED and ADOPTED this ?/ day of
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Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this .,.-~'~ day of
ApRroved ias to form:
Paul Nolte, City Attorney
21 st day of March
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,1995, and
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Catherine M. Golden, Mayor
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