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Business owner to have less time to take down illegal signs

Originally Posted: 2010/10/08
By , Staff Writer
In McHenry, Illinois, the days of signs having free reign may soon some to an end, leaving many business owners worried about the additional cost of tighter regulation.

The NorthWest Herald reports that business owners who hang signs without permits will have only three days to take them down, or else they face a penalty of $50. Prior to the city council adopting the shorter time frame, businesses had 14 days to take down non-permitted signs. Members of the local government said that giving businesses two weeks made the ordinance unnecessary.

“If you give 14 days notice, it defeats the purpose of [the] ordinance,” said deputy city administrator Doug Martin in an interview with the news source.

In addition, wall mounted marquee signs from abandoned properties must be removed after 60 days, instead of the 120-day time period that existed before. It was determined by the council that the time period was simply too long.

“We felt 120 days was a very long time ... That’s four months,” Martin told the Herald. “We think 60 days is an adequate amount of time to [take down a sign], [but] we understand people aren’t going to take them down tomorrow.
© 2010 All rights reserved. Reproduction with permission.

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