When it comes political lawn signs, historically the Republicans have been notorious in breaking the rules and placing signs in public areas, which is illegal.
Sean Hearty, the city's zoning enforcement officer, said in general, temporary lawn signs are not permitted on public property or in the public right of way.
"It's OK on private property as long as the sign doesn't obstruct the line of sight for motorists and the sign is taken down shortly after the event," he said.
Last year, most blatant offender was the carpetbagger who gives new meaning to the term "extra credit", the
That was then and this is now and it seems like the Republican Town Committee is at it again by blanketing Treasurer Dan Jowdy signs everywhere.
This brings us to the purpose of this post.
On the request of several people I've talked to, we're going to do zoning enforcement officer Sean Hearty a BIG favor. With the help of you guys, HatCityBLOG will keep daily track of every single illegal lawn sign placed in a public location.
Here's what we're asking out of you. If you think you see a lawn sign that's placed illegally, send us an email with the address where the sign is located and we'll go and take a look at it. If the sign determined to be in a public place, we'll photograph and document it the offense.
The picture of the sign, complete with address, google map, and the date the photo was taken, will be placed on the site for all to see...including the zoning enforcement officer who will be emailed each time we find a sign placed illegally. We'll monitor the location until the sign is removed.
Eventually, this post will be converted to a separate web page for easier viewing.
If you see a sign that you feel is in an illegal location, email us at hatcityblog@yahoo.com and we'll check it out and add it to the list.
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Violating sign 1: Dan Jowdy
Address: Corner of Sand Pit Road and Rockwell Road.
Date reported: September 23 2007
Date removed: September 26 2007
Violating sign 2: Dan Jowdy
Address: Corner of Virginia Avenue Ext. and Tamarack Ave.
Date reported: September 23 2007
Date removed: Still there...
Violating sign 3: Dan Jowdy
Address: Corner of Liberty Street
Date reported: September 23 2007
Date removed: Still there...
NOTE: Two signs were removed from this location positioned in front of the church at an earlier time.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
