Town Center | Signage
by the City. If any provision of this code is found to be in conflict with any provision of any zoning, building, fire, safety or health ordinance or code of the City, the provision which establishes the higher standard shall prevail. 2. Sign Maintenance. All permanent and temporary signs must be kept in good repair and in a safe manner at all times. The sign owner must repair damaged or deteriorated signs within 30 days of notification by the City. The area surrounding freestanding signs must be kept free of litter and debris at all times. 3. Inspection. Code enforcement officers are authorized to inspect any sign covered by this chapter for the purpose of inspection of the sign, its structural and electrical connections, and to ensure compliance with the provisions of this code. Such inspections shall be carried out during business hours, unless an emergency exists. 4. Abatement. In addition to the abatement authority provided by proceedings under SDC 21.09.110C., the City or its agents may summarily remove any sign placed on a right- of-way or public property in violation of the terms of this chapter under the following circumstances: a. When a sign is determined by the City engineer or director of community development to present an immediate threat to the safety, health, and welfare of the public; b. When a sign is illegally placed within the public right-of- way, within a landscape median, landscape island, traffic circle, attached to a utility pole or City traffic sign, upon public sidewalks or roadway, or on any public building
or structure when such facilities are located on public property or within public right-of-way; c. When a sign is determined by the City to be abandoned; provided, that the City must first provide 14 days’ notice to the underlying property owner or business owner that the sign is deemed abandoned; d. Disposal of Signs. When a sign has been removed by the City as authorized by this section, the City shall take the following actions: i. The City shall hold a sign for at least seven days. After seven days the City may dispose of the sign without prior notice to the sign owner. The City shall not be responsible for damage or loss during removal or storage of any signs in violation of this code. Sign owners wishing to reacquire possession of removed signs prior to their disposal shall pay an impoundment fee pursuant to SMC 23.100.010. ii. For signs with a fair market value exceeding $500.00, the City shall provide notice by mail to the following: a) Sign owner. If the mailing address can be determined by the City after reasonable efforts in investigation. “Reasonable efforts” shall include investigation efforts that take no longer than one-half hour of staff time. b) Underlying property owner. If the address of the sign owner cannot be reasonably ascertained, the City shall mail the notice to the underlying real property owner, as identified in the records of the King County assessor’s office.
554 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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