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I’m sure many of you are tired like I am of seeing the many fliers that are plastered all over the poles throughout our city. It makes our beautiful city look horrible and I for one take pride in my town so I don’t want to see this. Not to mention, these signs often blow away and litter our city. Very bad.

Do you know it’s not only horrible to look at but it’s actually illegal to post signs just anywhere? Many individuals and businesses are finding out that posting these signs are in violation of Reno Municipal Codes. It is legal to post these signs on private property with the owner’s permission.

On Wednesday, the Code Enforcement Division spent four hours cleaning up almost 1,000 illegally posted signs in the downtown corridor. That’s just in four hours! The signs taken down advertised for a variety of businesses, bands, or concert venues. If Code Enforcement is able to track where the signs came from those business or individuals will receive a warning letter. If some have already received a letter in the past or if they continue to post after receiving the letter then the citation process starts. The first notice is $100, 2nd is $250, 3rd is $500, and 4th & all subsequent is $1000. The notice advises to remove all signs currently and not to post in the future. If it is deemed a chronic problem of a business posting illegal signs, Code Enforcement has the authority to pursue a suspension of the business license.

I think it’s great that Code Enforcement is working at improving our city especially during these times when we are trying to keep visitors, attract new ones, and keep residents enjoying our area. In case you don’t know what Code Enforcement does, the division assists to enforce the Reno Municipal Code as it applies to property maintenance, property nuisances, and other issues in residential and commercial zoning districts.

Tags: green, neighborhoods, outdoors

This entry was posted on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 5:07 pm and is filed under City Council, Community Development, General, Green Priority. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.