33.1-375 - Violation a nuisance; abatement.
§ 33.1-375. Violation a nuisance; abatement.
Any sign, advertisement or advertising structure which is erected, used,maintained, operated, posted or displayed in violation of §§ 33.1-369,33.1-370, or § 33.1-372 or for which no permit has been obtained where suchis required, or after revocation or more than thirty days after expiration ofa permit, or which, whether or not excepted under the provisions of §33.1-355, is not kept in a good general condition and in a reasonably goodstate of repair and is not, after thirty days' written notice to the personerecting, using, maintaining, posting or displaying the same, put into goodgeneral condition and in a reasonably good state of repair, is herebydeclared to be a public and private nuisance and may be forthwith removed,obliterated or abated by the Commissioner or his representatives. TheCommissioner may collect the cost of such removal, obliteration or abatementfrom the person erecting, using, maintaining, operating, posting ordisplaying such sign, advertisement or advertising structure.
(Code 1950, § 33-321; 1954, c. 588; 1960, c. 406; 1970, c. 322; 1976, c. 14.)