| NATIONAL S.O.S. (Sick of Signs) YEAR |
Sick of Signs? Please join the Housing and Neighborhood Services Department in its participation in the national campaign to rid our neighborhoods and business districts of illegally posted signs!
| The American Association of Code Enforcement Board of Directors declared 2007 as National S.O.S. (Sick of Signs) Year and May 19-25, 2007 as National S.O.S. Week and to support this campaign, Code Compliance Officers will be searching public right of ways high and low to remove bandit signs and obtain information to prosecute those businesses responsible for the illegal advertising postings. |  |
A bandit sign is any sign posted on a utility pole, street sign or other street furniture or a sign posted in violation of this chapter in the public right of way having six (6) square feet or less of advertising area and made of vinyl, paper, cloth or fabric, polyboard, coroplas, corrugated plastic, poster board, plastic core, cardboard or plywood including signs with wood or wire framing, posts or stakes. A person found in violation may be found guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
The illegal signs are normally found clustered at busy intersections and along main thoroughfares. Code enforcement personnel spend an enormous amount of time removing and destroying these illegal signs, pulling them away from other, more serious issues in their neighborhoods. It can also be dangerous to remove these signs, given the heavy traffic along main thoroughfares and at busy intersections.
If you would like to participate in this event and submit bandit sign removal activity, Click here for form. Form can be faxed to 207-7914 or mailed to 1400 S. Flores, San Antonio, TX 78204. For further information contact the following Code Enforcement District Supervisors:
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CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT |
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| District 1 Richard Zertuche (210)213-3642 |
District 6b (North) John Kelly (210) 416-5839 |
| District 2 Denise Hastings (210)416-5851 |
District 7 John Kelly (210)416-5839 |
| District 3 Martin Ruiz (210)218-5118 |
District 8 Gerald Roebuck (210)215-1737 |
| District 4 Jenny Ramirez (210)416-5811 |
District 9 Gerald Roebuck (210)215-1737 |
| District 5 Thomas Barker (210)414-6315 |
District 10 Gerald Roebuck (210)215-1737 |
| District 6a (South) Jenny Ramirez (210)416-5811 |
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Disclaimer
*Any citizen removing a bandit sign or other sign in the public right
of way shall do so at his or her own risk, and neither the city nor any public utility exercising control of
the right-of-way, pole or fixture shall be liable for damage, loss or injury due to such independent acts.
**Certain bandit type signs are allowed and are permitted through the City. These signs should display a current
Official City decal
affixed to the front of the sign indicating that they are permitted by the
City of San Antonio. The Sign Division is online at:
www.sanantonio.gov/dsd/sign.asp