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05/07/2007 Sec. 3.101. ILLEGAL SIGNS: Illegal signs shall be abated by the property owner or person responsible for installing or maintaining the sign. The duty to abate arises upon notice by the Director. Such notice shall give such parties a thirty (30) day opportunity to cure by conformance to current law andlor current permit, to abate by removal or other remedial action. Such notices may be appealed in the same manner as any other sign-related decision. However, when a sign poses a serious and immediate threat to public health or safety by virtue of its physical condition, without consideration of the message thereon, then the threat may be summarily abated by the City, with the reasonable cost of abatement chargeable to the sign owner and or property owner. Sec. 3.102. ABANDONED SIGNS AND/OR DISPLAY: Abandoned signs shall be promptly removed by the property owner or person responsible for its installation andlor maintenance. The City may declare such signs to be a public nuisance and abate it pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 5499.2 et seq., or City law on abatement of nuisances. Sec. 3.103. INVENTORY OF ILLEGAL AND ABANDONED SIGNS: In connection with the adoption of a prior version of this Article, in 1999 the City conducted an inventory of nonconforming signs and held a public hearing to confirm the 1999 version of the sign ordinance. Because this version of the sign ordinance does not impose new restrictions on onsite commercial signage, it is not necessary to conduct a new inventory or hold a new confirmation hearing. This Section does not apply to signs and structures which are subject to Business and Professions Code section 5412. The City of Redwood City validates and reconfirms the inventory of nonconforming signs which was conducted in 1999, except that for amortization purposes under this Article, nonconformance under the 1999 inventory shall be limited to noncommunicative aspects of the subject signs, and not upon message content; however, the on-site I off- site distinction is considered to be based on location, not content. Sec. 3.104. NONCONFORMING SIGNS: Any sign which becomes nonconforming as a result of the provisions of this Article, or provisions of a prior version of the sign ordinance which operated to the same effect, shall be considered to be an illegal sign after the amortization period provided in the amortization chart of this Section has expired and conformance has not been accomplished. The City shall order the sign to be abated by the property owner andlor person responsible for its installation andlor maintenance. The use, routine maintenance and repair of any sign that was legally installed but does not conform to the requirements of this Article may be continued during the amortization period subject to the following conditions: A. Relocation and alteration. No nonconforming sign shall be moved, enlarged in size or raised in height unless such relocation, alteration or enlargement is required by law or brings the sign into conformance with the provisions of this Article. Modification of a nonconforming sign may be permitted through the sign permit application process so long as it is determined that there is an increase in the level of Atty/Ord/Ord.211 032007 27 Ord 2309 formerly Muff # 305