More lost access.

[Swimmer]

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.

[likwid]

I'll have to make a phone call then.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

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.

We have the same issue in our neighborhood with a stop sign. Some residents of an apartment complex apparently put it up to make people slow down on a curve before their buildings. There are no cross streets at the stop sign. Our homeowners' association is currently trying to get the town to remove it. This is the second time they've done it, and the first time, the town came and removed it. It's in a pretty remote area of the town where there are a lot of privately owned roads, so it may take them awhile to get to it.

[spence]

I'm attending a block party tomorrow near there, I'll try to get the scoop from the locals

-spence