87.0740 Enforcement. — Yucaipa Zoning Code

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, business, organization, or any entity of any kind whatsoever to erect, install, construct, maintain, or allow to be erected, installed, constructed, or maintained, any sign in violation of this chapter, or any other provision of this Code. The City Attorney may specify in the accusatory pleadings that the offense shall be an infraction. All such remedies are herein stated to be cumulative and not exclusive.

(b) The following signs are hereby declared to be public nuisances.
(1) Any sign or advertising structure, including flags, unlawfully constructed, placed on, or unlawfully projecting over any public property including, but expressly not limited to any public right-of-way.
(2) Any sign declared to be hazardous or unsafe by the Planning Agency, Building Official, or City Engineer.
(3) Any sign erected, constructed, installed, or maintained in violation of the Development Code.

(c) A City enforcement officer may, without notice, move, remove, and/or dispose of a sign or advertising structure that has been declared a public nuisance pursuant to Subsection 87.0740(b)(1) and (2). In addition, an enforcement officer may authorize any work required to correct a hazardous or unsafe condition.

(d) A City enforcement officer shall charge the cost of moving, removing, disposing, correcting, storing, repairing, or working on a sign or sign structure to any one or all of the following, each of which shall be jointly and individually liable for said expense.

(1) The permittee.
(2) The owner of the sign.
(3) The owner of the premises on which the sign is located.
(4) The sign lessee or lessor.
(e) The charge for expenses shall be in addition to any penalty for the violation. Recovery of the sign does not necessarily abrogate the penalty.

(f) Signs made of paper, cardboard, lightweight plastic, or similar materials, which are removed, may be discarded immediately. All other removed signs shall be held no less than 30 days by the City, during which period it may be recovered by the owner upon paying the City for costs of removal and storage. If not recovered within the allowed 30day period, the sign and structure is hereby declared abandoned and title thereto shall vest to the City. (Amended by Ord. 168 § 2, 1997)