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A. Maintenance. All signs shall be maintained in a safe, presentable and good structural condition, which shall include the replacement of defective parts, repainting, cleaning and other acts required for the maintenance of the sign. The area around the base of the sign shall be kept free of weeds and debris. If a sign does not comply with the above standards, the City Manager or designee may require its removal in accordance with this chapter. B. Dangerous or defective signs. No person shall permit to be maintained on any premises owned or controlled by himlher, any sign that is in a dangerous or defective condition. Such sign shall be removed or repaired by the owner of the sign or the owner of the premises. Section 265-62. Removal of improper sil!ns. A. Removal. The City Manager or designee shall cause the removal of any sign that does not comply with the requirements of this chapter and Chapter 14, Code Enforcement, of the City of Sunny Isles Beach Code or, as otherwise outlined by law. B. Emergency. Notwithstanding the above, the City Manager or designee may cause the immediate removal of any sign that poses an immediate danger to the health, safety or welfare of the community. The City Manager or designee may cause the sign to be made safe as an alternative to removal. In either event, City personnel may enter onto premises, with or without the property owner's consent, for emergency repair or removal. C. Removal or repair costs. Costs incurred by the City in removal or repair of a sign shall be charged to the real property owner on whose property the sign is located. The City shall assess the entire cost of such demolition, removal or repair, which assessment shall include, but not be limited to, all administrative costs, postal expenses and newspaper publication costs. Such charge shall constitute a lien upon such property. The City Clerk shall record such lien in the County's official record book showing the nature of such lien, the amount thereof and an accurate legal description of the property. No occupational license shall be approved for such a property until the full amount associated with the lien, or the full amount in the event no lien has yet been filed, has been paid to the City by the property owner. Section 265-63. Temporary political sil!ns. A. Regulations regarding temporary political signs are outlined III Chapter 227, Signs, Temporary Political, ofthe City of Sunny Isles Beach Code. B. All political signs shall be removed within 14 days of election. Section 265-64. Sil!l1 Ordinance Variance. A. Variance. It is recognized that the regulations provided herein cannot address all situations pertaining to signs. The City Commission is therefore. empowered to grant variances from the provisions of the Chapter upon filing of a variance application with the Planning and Zoning and Department. 02006~244 Sign Regulations Page 27 of29 Words added underlined, words GlriekoR deleted