If you are used to tacking up signs to promote your business, event, or garage sale in random places, a new bylaw ready to be adopted by Princeton council will require you to change plans.
Last week three readings were given to a comprehensive new sign bylaw, and it includes the prohibition of “signs affixed to utility poles, gateways, bridges or trees.”
Fines attached to offenses under the 29-page bylaw range from $50 to $100.
Bylaw enforcement officer Ed Atkinson acknowledged signs posted in public areas are common in Princeton.
He said there are numerous reasons they are prohibited under the proposed bylaw.
“If you talk to the hydro companies, those people that use board head nails or things to hammer in, those are a hazard to guys working on the power poles. There’s very specific rules around it,” he said.
There is also an aesthetic concern, with sign posters not removing their artwork.
“There is a responsibility when you are putting signs up to manage them and people don’t acknowledge that.”
The bylaw also prohibits billboards, vehicle signs used as static advertising, and most commercial banners, streamers, and spinner signs.
Election signs under the legislation cannot be placed before an election is called, or before the nomination period ends.
The bylaw also sets out requirements for various other signage including awnings and real estate signs.
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