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AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE REMOVAL OF BUSINESS SIGNS FROM THE PREMISES OF BUSINESS WHICH HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR MORE THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: All outdoor advertising display signs which are attached to a business structure by any means of fastening shall be removed from that business structure within thirty (30) days from the date that that business shall close and be no longer occupied.
Section 2: This Ordinance shall apply to all types of outdoor advertising display signs except those types of signs which are painted directly upon the building surface.
Section 3: This city building official shall give ten (10) days notice to the building owner after the building becomes unoccupied to remove said signs as described above. If the building owner fails to remove said signs as described above within thirty (30) days the building official shall remove said sign at the owner’s expense.
Section 4: Failure to remove said sign or sings as stated above shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance and shall be a misdemeanor and penalty for violation of said Ordinance shall be a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and each day said sign is not removed after the thirty (30) day period shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 5: It is hereby found and declared by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that advertising signs attached to a business premises which has become unoccupied is a danger to the citizens of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and that such signs constitute a safety hazard as well as being unsightly and a detriment to the Jonesboro Improvement District, therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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