5-3-080 Enforcement

The Zoning Administrator of Box Elder County is hereby vested with the duty of enforcing the sign regulations of this Code and in the performance of such duty is empowered and directed: A. To issue sign permits to construct, alter, or repair signs which conform to the regulations of Box Elder County. B. To determine whether the construction, alteration, or maintenance of any sign is in conformance with regulations of Box Elder County and the conditions imposed precedent to the issuance of a conditional use permit, if applicable. C. To issue a notice of violation to any person having charge or control over the sign, and person who receives a direct pecuniary benefit from displaying the sign, or any person who is otherwise responsible for the erection, alteration, or maintenance of any sign found by the Zoning Administrator to be unsafe or dangerous, or in violation of the ordinances of Box Elder County. D. To institute any appropriate action or proceedings in any case where any sign is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or in any case where any sign is used in violation of any ordinance of Box Elder County, including, but not limited to the zoning ordinance, to accomplish the following purposes: 1. To prevent such unlawful erection, construction, re-construction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use, and 2. To restrain, correct, or abate such violation. E. To abate and remove any unsafe or dangerous sign which is not repaired or made safe within 5 business days after giving appropriate notice to the person having charge, control, or benefit of any such sign. In such an event, the person having charge, control, or benefit of such sign shall pay to Box Elder County the costs incurred in such removal within 30 calendar days after written notice is mailed to such person. 1. Upon failure to pay the costs incurred in abating and removing an unsafe or dangerous sign, Box Elder County may, by action of its County Commission, place a lien against property owned by the person having charge, control or benefit of such sign to assure compliance with this provision. This provision for abatement and removal shall not apply to any sign for which a notice of violation is presently being appealed under the provisions of Chapter 2 of this Code. 2. This provision for abatement and removal shall not apply to any sign for which a notice of violation is presently being appealed under the provisions of Chapter 2 of this Code. F. To abate and remove any illegal sign other than unsafe or dangerous signs which is not Reg. of General Applicability: Signs 5-3-7 made conforming within 60 business days after giving appropriate notice to the person having charge, control or benefit of any such sign. In such event, the person having charge, control or benefit of any such sign shall pay to Box Elder County the costs incurred in such removal within 30 calendar days after written notice is mailed to such person. Upon failure to pay the costs incurred in abating and removing an illegal sign, Box Elder County may, by action of its County Commission, place a lien against property owned by the person having charge, control or benefit of such sign to assure compliance with this provision. This provision for abatement and removal shall not apply to any sign for which a notice of violation is presently being appealed under the provisions of Chapter 2 of this Code. G. To abate and remove any non-maintained or abandoned sign which is not repaired or put into use within 10 business days after giving appropriate notice to the person having charge, control or benefit of any such sign. In such event, the person having charge, control or benefit of any such sign shall pay to Box Elder County the costs incurred in such removal within 30 calendar days after written notice is mailed to such person. Upon failure to pay the costs incurred in abating and removing a non-maintained or abandoned sign, Box Elder County may, by direction of its County Commission, place a lien against property owned by the person having charge, control or benefit of such sign to assure compliance with this provision. This provision for abatement and removal shall not apply to any sign for which a notice of violation is presently being appealed under the provisions of Chapter 2 of this Code.