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portion (b) above would be the responsibility of the City. Staff is recommending that the City proceed with the installation of the recommended signage changes to the intersections of Alpine Boulevard and CSAH 83 and Alpine Boulevard and CSAH 56 at an estimated cost of $1200. Motion to recommend that staff be directed to proceed with the installation of the recommended signage changes to the intersections of Alpine Boulevard and CSAH 83 and Alpine Boulevard and CSAH 56 at an estimated cost of $1200 with the cost of the signage to be from the Public Works sign account. Action: This recommendation was acted upon at November 28, 006 meeting. No further action is required. Case #2 Consider Penalties for Violations of the Sign Ordinance Background: The general provisions section of Chapter 9.12 of the City Code prohibits all signs except those placed by governmental units within the public rights of way. The Public Works Department has been diligent in enforcing this provision of the ordinance and has been removing violating signs whenever such signs are discovered or reported. Removed signs are discarded; however the low cost of many of these signs causes the same type of violation to occur repeatedly. This effort • causes an expenditure of Public Works staff time and resources and defeats the desired goal of maintaining the rights-of-way free of advertising signage. Staff feels that a progressive policy for dealing with repeated violations would have a positive effect on achieving the goal of maintaining the rights-of-way free of unauthorized signage. Input was requested from the Committee on the following progressive system included in the draft ordinance: 1" violation a written notice shall be given by registered mail 2nd violation within a twelve month period a fine of $50 shall be imposed 3rd and subsequent violations within a twelve month period a fine of $100 shall be imposed The Committee discussed the proposed fees included in the draft ordinance and enforcement of the fees. The following suggestions were made: ■ Likely need for an internal appeal process for' people that state they did not violate the ordinance because the sign was moved. ■ Need for consistency in enforcement. ■ Copy of the ordinance or information on where to obtain information about the ordinance included with written notice of a violation. The Committee discussed the following penalty structure: ■ 1St violation a phone call ■ 2nd violation written notice shall be given by registered mail with the warning of a penalty. It was noted if the violation results in a misdemeanor it would carry its own penalty. —164—