§ 7.56.05. Enforcement.

A.

Code enforcement shall send a certified letter notifying the billboard owner of non-payment of fees, damage, safety violation, hazard, non-maintenance, or non-compliance with this chapter. From the day of receipt of this certified letter, the owner will have twenty (20) days (includes Saturdays and Sundays) to show the violation(s) have been resolved or repair(s) have been arranged or completed.

B.

If the notice is for non-payment of fees, the billboard owner will have thirty (30) days to remit and for code enforcement to receive fees owing before a twenty-five (25) percent additional late fee penalty is assessed. All other notifications by code enforcement shall be remedied within twenty (20) days. If the notified violation is not remedied within twenty (20) days, then code enforcement may then issue the billboard owner a citation with potential fines up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) per violation. Each day after the twentieth (20th) day after the receipt of the initial certified letter shall constitute a separate violation for purposes of enforcement.

C.

If the violation(s) is not addressed within sixty (60) days of receipt of the initial certified letter, the city will withdraw the permit and have the billboard removed at the owner's expense.

D.

These time periods and limitations shall commence to run upon the receipt of the first letter received by the billboard owner from the City of Bryant for each individual violation. The time shall not be affected, re-initialized, or excluded in any manner, even by the receipt of subsequent letter(s) by the billboard owner for the same offense.

( Ord. No. 2014-19 , § V, 9-25-2014)