The Code Official shall serve a notice of violation, in writing, on any responsible party for the erection, installation, placement, alteration, enlargement, removal or repair of a sign that is in violation of any provision of this chapter. The notice shall give the location of the property, a description of the violation, the section reference and a date by which the violation shall be corrected. The responsible party shall be given a reasonable amount of time to correct the violation but under no circumstances more than 30 days.
The notice of violation shall be deemed properly served if a copy is:
A. 
Delivered to the responsible party personally;
B. 
Sent by certified, return receipted mail to the responsible party's last known address; or
C. 
Conspicuously posted on the premises for three days and advertised at least once in a local newspaper of general circulation.
The Code Official may pursue legal remedy or prosecution against the responsible party upon failure to comply with the notice of violation.