§ 23.08. Removal by December 1, 1993.

(a)

Any offsite commercial billboard not located along any portion of the "interstate highway system" or the "federal-aid primary highway system" as defined in Chapter 479, Florida Statutes (1985) which for any reason has not been removed prior to December 1, 1993, shall be removed no later than December 1, 1993. The owner of the billboard and the owner of the land on which the billboard is located shall be jointly and severally responsible for compliance with this section.

(b)

Nothing contained herein shall limit the obligation of billboard owners and land owners to comply with the provisions of section 23.04 of this article. This section 23.08 shall be deemed to be supplemental to the provisions of section 23.04.

(c)

In lieu of the provisions of section 23.06 of this article, in connection with any offsite commercial billboard which is not removed as required by subsection 23.08(a), each person responsible for said removal shall pay the city a civil penalty for each day said billboard is still in place.

(d)

The civil penalty to be paid by any responsible party pursuant to section 23.08(c) shall be the gross revenues received per day for said offsite commercial billboard except that such civil penalty shall not be less than one hundred dollars per day per offsite commercial billboard nor greater than five hundred dollars per day per offsite commercial billboard.

(e)

This section may be enforced in the same manner as other sections of this article pursuant to section 23.06.

(Ord. 93-174-1054, § 1)