Last week-end's prize for illegal garage sale signs goes to ...
While the sign has the required sticker from City Hall, it is affixed to a utility pole. And it was still there on Tuesday afternoon (but gone Wednesday afternoon). The ordinance requires signs to be removed within 24 hours after the end of the sale.
Is there really any enforcement? And, if so, what's the penalty for these two violations?
And then there is the third sign above it, with no sticker at all, for a sale at 585 Washington St. Three violations here: 1) on the utility pole; 2) no sticker; 3) remaining more than 24 hours after the end of the sale.
Let's say the fines were merely $25.00 per violations. $50-75 would sting a little, wouldn't it? Like, sort of eat up a good chunk of the profits from a garage sale?
Rather than running the Code Enforcement Officer all over town, why doesn't City Hall direct the police department to help the Code Enforcement Division and just instruct officers to remove illegal signs?
Training would take about five minutes. They are driving right by, anyway. If they aren't on a call, it would take about 30 seconds to stop and remove illegal signs.
Caution: do not remove these signs, just because you live nearby and think you would be doing your neighbors a good deed, saving the City money, and generally helping out. You just might end up on the short end of a theft charge. Now, I'm not accusing you of being a thief, but City Hall told me a couple of years ago that I would run the risk of arrest, if I removed illegal signs that were not on my own property.
So just call the Code Enforcement Officer. He's friendly and doing a great job.
4 comments:
Sure, let's have the police officers do the job of the code enforcement officers. And then maybe they can pick up any slack in the admin office. Accounting perhaps? Planning and zoning! They can run the plows in the winter, too. Think of the possibilities!!!!
Garbage needs picking up, too!
With riveting agenda's like this, Gus is a shoo in for sheriff! LOL
Let me get this straight. Gus who is not even a homeowner wants people who put up garage sale signs on a pole to get a 75.00 ticket? But when he is driving his car and commits a moving violation he wants a warning? Sure sounds fair to me!
Make sure after you win the election that you are not too hungover to go all over and pickup/takedown all your campaign signs. And dont use the taxpayer's money by farming that out to your new plebians in the sheriff's office... or else you might hear the song "I shot da sheriff, but I did kill the deputy" playing in the background! DOH!!!!!
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