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<br />(J) <br /> <br />(K) <br /> <br />(L) <br /> <br />(M) <br /> <br />(N) <br /> <br />Section 4, <br /> <br />(A) <br /> <br />(B) <br /> <br />Political signs Ord <br /> <br />machinery in residentially zoned property, except bumper stickers shall no exceed 4 <br />Y2 square feet and shall be securely fastened to the vehicle in order to ensure that the <br />vehicle is capable offbeing operated in a safe manner upon the roads of the State, <br /> <br />Portable signs. Portable temporary political signs, except for those securely fastened <br />to vehicles, defined for purposes of this section as signs not secured to the ground in <br />accordance with Chapter 42 of the South Florida Building Code, as amended, shall <br />not be allowed, <br /> <br />Traffic hazards. No temporary political sign shall be located on property in such a <br />manner as to interfere with or present a hazard to the flow of traffic along the streets <br />adjacent to the property upon which the temporary political sign is located, <br /> <br />Responsibility for hazards; responsibility for removal of signs. Any individual or <br />entity who posts or causes to be posted a bond pursuant to subsection ( c) of this <br />section, and/or the owner and/or tenant of the property where a temporary political <br />sign is locate, shall be responsible for any hazard to the general public which is caused <br />by, or created by reason of, the installation and/or maintenance of temporary political <br />signs. The candidate shall also be responsible for the prompt removal of such signs, <br /> <br />Date of installation. No political sign shall be installed more than 60 days prior to <br />the date of the election which is the subject matter of such sign or more than 60 days <br />prior to a primary election scheduled prior to such election, whichever is earlier. <br /> <br />Copy of article to be furnished to candidates. The City Manager or his designee <br />shall furnish a copy of this article to all qualifying candidates, which shall sign and <br />date an acknowledgment of receiving the document. <br /> <br />Removal of improper signs. <br /> <br />Generally. Any temporary political sign not posted in accordance with the provisions <br />of this Ordinance, and any such sign which exists in violation of this Ordinance, shall <br />be deemed to be public nuisance and shall be subject to removal by the candidate, the <br />property owner or the City. If the City removes the sign as a last resort, the City <br />Manager or his designee shall deduct the cost and expense of removal from the posted <br />cash bond. <br /> <br />Emergency removal Notwithstanding subsection (A) of this Section, the City <br />Manager may cause the immediate removal of any sign that constitutes a nuisance or <br />poses an immediate danger to the health, safety or welfare of the community. City <br />personnel may enter onto premises, with or without the property owner's consent, for <br />emergency removal. <br /> <br />-3- <br />