RA 5478 Section 99

Restrictive provisions.

Section 99

SEC. 99. Restrictive provisions.—No commercial sign, signboard, or billboard shall be erected or displayed on public land, premises, or buildings. If after due investigation and having given the owners an opportunity to be heard, the Mayor of the city decides that any sign, signboard, or billboard displayed or exposed to the public view is offensive to the sight or is otherwise, a nuisance, he may order the removal of such sign, signboard or billboard, and if same is not removed within ten days after he has issued such order, he may himself cause its removal, and the sign, signboard, or billboard shall there upon be forfeited to the city, and the expenses incident to the removal of the same shall become a lawful charge against any person or property liable for the erection or display thereof.

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