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Old 07-03-2006, 10:57 AM   #6
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signs probably are legal but maybe not

You know just because there are signs saying "no parking" doesn't mean thier legal. Any questions should be directed to the town council/selectmen's office. They have to approve by vote those signs. If they are not an approve sign location then an officer has no legal authority to ticket and tow. Officers derive thier power from the town fathers. So if the town fathers did not approve sign well, the officers cannot tag and tow. Every town sells those signs that I know of. Starting selling them to people so thier kids can hang them in bedrooms. You can buy them in many retail stores also. Many times the locals buy and put up signs which are not legal and is an overzealous illegal protection of the privacy. When a sign has been there for years everyone after awihile assumes the town d.p.w. put it there. But everyday an illegal sign is in place doesn't make it any more legal than the first day it was placed where it is.

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