Are Snipe Signs Blight and Litter or Should They be Allowed?
This came from the SESH email group. Snipe signs have always been illegal. However, the city has done very little to enforce the ordinance. What are your thoughts on the issue? Should we ignore or enforce? How could the city enforce? Read On:
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To All:
We have all seen the increase in the use of ILLEGAL snipe signs in our neighborhood and throughout the entire city. Just in case you don’t know, SNIPE signs are those cardboard or plastic signs that we see along the street, roads and at intersections advertising everything from HOUSE FOR RENT or WE PAY CASH FOR HOUSES, etc. They are usually held up by a metal frame. The only snipe signs that are permitted are those used by realtors to advertise for OPEN HOUSES, political signs, yard/garage sales, etc. And even those have very strict, and temporary uses.
Not only are these signs an eye sore and obstruct the right-of-way but also the use of these snipe signs is ILLEGAL in the state of Florida via Florida Statute 479.015. Unfortunately for us, police and code resources have to be used for more serious infractions of the law.
I just want people to know that the placement of these signs anywhere within our neighborhood is a total waste of time and of money because no sooner as they go up I (and I assume others) pull them up and put them directly in the garbage. I would also possibly like to start collecting them for the association to use for events such as the Home Tour, Ice Cream Social, Membership Meetings, etc.
Please feel free to express your opinions and/or ideas regarding this (and other) issues. The neighborhood is experiencing the downturn in the housing market with many, many foreclosed and abandoned properties and we should all work together as much as possible to reverse this trend.
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