Any sign, now or hereafter erected or maintained, which no longer advertises a bona fide business conducted or product sold, or notice of a current or future event, shall be taken down and removed by the permittee or by the owner of the premises, if there is no permittee, within 30 days after such business ceases, such product ceases to be sold or such event occurs. Upon failure to comply, the Zoning Officer is hereby authorized to cause the removal of such sign and any expense incident thereto shall be paid by the permittee or owner of the premises upon which sign is located. The Zoning Officer shall thereafter refuse to issue a permit for the erection of any sign, awning, canopy or marquee in the City of Bayonne to any permittee or property owner who refuses to pay the costs of such removal.

If the Zoning Officer shall determine that any sign, now or hereafter erected or maintained, is unsafe or insecure or is a menace to the public, or has been constructed or erected or is being maintained in such a manner as to pose a hazard to persons or property, or has been constructed or erected or is being maintained in violation of the provisions of this chapter or any other law or ordinance, he shall give written notice to the permittee, and, if there is no permittee, to the owner of the premises, of such violation. If the permittee or owner fails to remove or alter the sign within 30 days after such notice, such sign may be removed or altered by the City at the expense of the permittee or owner of the premises upon which it is located. The Zoning Officer may cause any sign which is an immediate peril to persons or property to be removed summarily and without notice.

All signs attached to the ground or to a building or other structure shall be thoroughly and rigidly secured and shall be repaired and maintained as necessary to keep them secure, safe and free from causing any danger or damage to persons or property.

No sign shall be erected or maintained so as to obstruct access to any fire escape, window, door, exit or standpipe, or obstruct passage by either vehicular or pedestrian traffic on any public or quasi-public right-of-way.

Signs shall be constructed and erected in such a manner as to allow for the effects of high winds and other natural forces and the Zoning Officer may require copies of the stress sheets and calculations showing that the sign is adequately designed for dead-load and wind pressure in any direction, in any situation where such information may be helpful in determining whether such sign can be safely constructed, erected or maintained.