Unified Land Development Code - Town of Gilbert

Ordinance No. 1553
Page 501'7
REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION c ABOVE, ALL
SIGNS IN VIOLATION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
CONFISCATION REGARDLESS OF WHICH SIGN WAS
PLACED FIRST. FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE
TWENTY -FOUR MONTH PERIOD, THE DATE OF THE
COMMISSION OF THE OFFENSE IS THE DETERMINING
F ACTOR. THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER SHALL GIVE
NOTICE TO THE BUSINESS BEING ADVERTISED BY THE A-
FRAME SIGN THAT IF THE SIGN IS NOT CLAIMED \VITHIN FIVE
DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE NOTICE, THE A-FRAME SIGN
SHALL BE DISPOSED OF. IF THE SIGN IS CLAIMED
WITHIN SUCH FIVE DAYS, A STORAGE FEE AS SET BY
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL SHALL BE PAID TO THE
TOWN PRIOR TO RELEASE OF THE SIGN TO THE BUSINESS.
THIRD OFFENSE: THE THIRD TIME A SIGN AT THE BUSINESS
IS FOUND BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER TO BE IN
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION WITHIN ANY TWENTY-FOUR
MONTH PERIOD, SUCH SIGN SHALL BE CONFISCATED BY
THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER. THEREAFTER, NO A-
FRAME SIGNS SHALL BE ERECTED RELATED TO THE
BUSINESS. FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE TWENTY-
FOUR MONTH PERIOD, THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION OF THE
OFFENSE IS THE DETERMINING FACTOR.
FOURTH OFFENSE: THE FOURTH TIME A SIGN IS FOUND A T
THE BUSINESS BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER TO BE IN
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IN ANY TWENTYFOUR MONTH
PERIOD, SUCH PERSON SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS 1
MISDEMEANOR AND THE GILBERT TOWN PROSECUTOR IS
AUTHORIZED TO FILE A CRIMINAL MISDEMEANOR
COMPLAINT IN THE GILBERT MUNICIPAL COURT. FOR
PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE TWENTY-FOUR MONTH
PERIOD, THE DATE OF THE COIVIMISSION OF THE OFFENSE
IS THE DETERMINING
F ACTOR. UPON CONVICTION OF A VIOLATION OF THIS
SECTION, THE COURT MAY IMPOSE A SENTENCE
PURSUANT TO THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE ARIZONA
REVISED STATUTES SECTIONS 13-707, 13-802, AND 13-902.
THE COURT SHALL ORDER A PERSON WHO HAS
BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF THE
SECTION TO PAY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH COUNT
UPON WHICH A CONVICTION HAS BEEN OBTAINED.
A JUDGE SHALL NOT GRANT PROBATION TO OR
SUSPEND ANY PART OR ALL OF THE