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<br />7A <br />Page 29 <br /> <br />removal or other remedial action. Such notices may be appealed in the same manner <br />as any other sign-related decision. However, when a sign poses a serious and <br />immediate threat to public health or safety by virtue of its physical condition, without <br />consideration of the message thereon, then the threat may be summarily abated by the <br />City, with the reasonable cost of abatement chargeable to the sign owner and or <br />property owner. <br /> <br />Sec. 3.102. ABANDONED SIGNS AND/OR DISPLAY: Abandoned signs shall <br />be promptly removed by the property owner or person responsible for its installation <br />and/or maintenance. The City may declare such signs to be a public nuisance and <br />abate it pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 5499.2 et seq., or City law <br />on abatement of nuisances. <br /> <br />Sec. 3.103. INVENTORY OF ILLEGAL AND ABANDONED SIGNS: In <br />connection with the adoption of a prior version of this Article, in 1999 the City conducted <br />an inventory of nonconforming signs and held a public hearing to confirm the 1999 <br />version of the sign ordinance. Because this version of the sign ordinance does not <br />impose new restrictions on onsite commercial signage, it is not necessary to conduct a <br />new inventory or hold a new confirmation hearing. This Section does not apply to signs <br />and structures which are subject to Business and Professions Code section 5412. <br /> <br />The City of Redwood City validates and reconfirms the inventory of nonconforming <br />signs which was conducted in 1999, except that for amortization purposes under this <br />Article, nonconformance under the 1999 inventory shall be limited to noncommunicative <br />aspects of the subject signs, and not upon message content; however, the on-site / off- <br />site distinction is considered to be based on location, not content. <br /> <br />Sec. 3.104. NONCONFORMING SIGNS: Any sign which becomes <br />nonconforming as a result of the provisions of this Article, or provisions of a prior <br />version of the sign ordinance which operated to the same effect, shall be considered to <br />be an illegal sign after the amortization period provided in the amortization chart of this <br />Section has expired and conformance has not been accomplished. The City shall order <br />the sign to be abated by the property owner and/or person responsible for its installation <br />and/or maintenance. The use, routine maintenance and repair of any sign that was <br />legally installed but does not conform to the requirements of this Article may be <br />continued during the amortization period subject to the following conditions: <br /> <br />A. Relocation and alteration. No nonconforming sign shall be moved, <br />enlarged in size or raised in height unless such relocation, alteration or enlargement is <br />required by law or brings the sign into conformance with the provisions of this Article. <br />Modification of a nonconforming sign may be permitted through the sign permit <br />application process so long as it is determined that there is an increase in the level of <br />conformity of the subject nonconforming sign. Modifying a nonconforming sign will not <br />change its status in the amortization schedule below. <br /> <br />AttylOrd/Ord.211 <br />032007 <br /> <br />27 <br />