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16 • City, the code, rule or regulation which imposes the more restrictive condition, standard or requirement shall prevail. (1988 Code §§ 39.14) 1008.10 VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS: a. Any person found violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1988 Code §§ 39.15) b. REMOVAL OF ABANDONED OR ILLEGAL SIGNS: 1. The City Clerk-Administrator, or his/her designee, may order the removal of any sign erected or maintained in violation of this ordinance. Ten (10) days notice in writing shall be given to the owners of such sign, or the owner of the building, structure or premises on which such sign is located, to either bring the sign into compliance with this ordinance, or effect its removal. Upon failure to remove the sign or to comply with this notice, the City Clerk- Administrator, or his/her designee, shall remove the sign. The City may not be held liable for any damage to an impounded sign. The City shall remove the signs immediately and without notice if it reasonably appears that the condition of the sign is such as to present an immediate threat to the safety of the public. Any cost of removal incurred by the City shall be assessed to the • owner of the property on which such sign is located or may be collected in appropriate legal proceedings. 2. The City, at any time and without notice, may order the immediate impoundment of signs which have been installed on public property, within a public right-of-way or within a public easement. 3. The City shall have no obligation to notify a property owner that it has an impounded temporary sign. 4. Payment of Impoundment Release Fee. Any subsequent impoundments(s), within one calendar year,for a particular property will require payment of double the initial impoundment fee. 5. Any impounded sign must be retrieved from the impound areas within 30 days of the impoundment or the City will dispose of it. •