[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Pleasantville
9-4-1985 by Ord. No. 23-1985. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a system of regulation for
the posting of signs, temporary in nature, utilized throughout the City of
Pleasantville by requiring such signs, posters and the like to be removed
within a specific period of time following the event which is the subject
matter of such a sign or poster. Such regulation is intended to protect the
public interest by preventing the unwanted accumulation of unsightly signs
or posters no longer serving an informational purpose as a result of the passing
of a stated event and tending to degrade the aesthetic environment and litter
public and private property.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A sign, poster, advertisement, bill or placard displayed for the
purpose of displaying information, expressing opinion or publicizing an event
which is rendered moot or otherwise loses its informational quality by the
passing of an event which is the subject matter of such sign, poster, advertisement,
bill or placard. Said event shall include, by description but not by limitation,
general and special political elections.
No temporary sign shall be affixed by tacking, pasting or otherwise
mounting upon utility poles, light standards, trees or the like unless in
accordance with the following regulations:
A.
Each temporary sign must be clearly marked with the name
of the person or organization responsible for the removal of such sign.
B.
It shall be unlawful to allow temporary signs to remain
posted for a period of 14 days after the event or election which is the subject
matter of such sign.
C.
It shall be the responsibility of the person whose name
appears on such temporary sign to remove said sign within the aforestated
period.
The Municipal Zoning Officer shall have the responsibility of regulating
and enforcing this chapter, including the issuance of complaints for violations
thereof to be adjudicated in the Municipal Court of the City of Pleasantville.
Upon violation of any portion of this chapter, the person responsible
for removal of such signs shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100
nor more than $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days and/or
a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Each violation will be
considered a separate offense.
