The Sign has been up longer that the council members have lived in the area. It should have been Grandfather in and that should be the end of it.

The City told him to take it down. That was his permit right there... Case closed.

Now the real issue why isn't the code enforcer doing something about all the political signs that are on the road right away that is against the code? Clean that up and you might have a case. If it was me I would take some pictures along the road and sue the Sh-T out of the city for selective prosecution and harassment. When he does I hope I can sit on the jury...