(a) The Director
of Planning and Development shall order the removal of any
sign maintained in violation of the provisions of this Article
for which removal procedures are herein prescribed, accordingly:
the Director of Planning and Development shall give ninety (90)
days written notice to the owner or lessee to remove the sign
or to bring it into compliance with this Article. If the owner
or lessee fails to remove the sign within ninety (90) days after
the ninety (90) day written notice has been given, the Director
of Planning and Development, or his duly authorized representative,
may institute removal proceedings according to the procedures
specified in G.S. 160A-175.
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| (b) Any temporary sign erected in violation of the
provisions of Section 27-167 may
be removed immediately, at the direction of the Department
of Planning and Development. Any sign so removed shall be retained
at a designated municipal facility until recovered by the sign owner
following payment to the City of Washington of a five dollar ($5.00)
fee per sign. Any sign not recovered within ten (10) days shall be
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(c) Upon the discontinuance of a business or occupancy
of an establishment for a consecutive period of one hundred eighty
(180) days, the Department of Planning and Development shall require
the removal of the on-premises sign(s) advertising or identifying
the establishment. The Department of Planning and Development
shall give thirty (30) days notice to the property owner to remove
the sign(s). Failure to remove the sign(s) within the thirty (30)
day period shall constitute a violation of this Chapter and shall
be remedied in accordance with Article
XXI, Administration, Enforcement, Penalties.
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