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MEMO TO: Mayor and City Council <br />r�\ FROM: Clerk-AdminisLral:or <br />DATE: October 3, 1983 <br />SUBJECT: GARAGE SALE SIGNS <br />Pursuant to Council direction at the September 26th Council Meeting, <br />staff reviewed the City sign code regarding a prohibition against <br />the posting of garage sale type signs on utility poles and has <br />determined that no such prohibition exists within our existing City <br />code. <br />Attached please find a copy of the City of Blaine's zoning ordinance <br />which, under Section 35.184 (H), provides for such a prohibition of <br />signs. We would also point your attention to a copy of the April <br />1982 Newsletter for the City of Blaine which includes an article on <br />garage sale signs and states that the ordinance was not meant to <br />prevent advertising garage sales and that the enforcement of such a <br />prohibition would be extremely difficult. Staff would agree with <br />such a finding and recommend the inclusion of an article in the <br />City's newsletter in the Spring and Fall quarters requesting that <br />people be aware of the hazards of not removing such signs and the <br />nails holding such signs, as well as the overall detraction from <br />1 the community. It is our hope that we would obtain the cooperation <br />of our residents, thus, avoiding the need to establish an ordinance <br />prohibiting such signs which would be difficult if not impossible to <br />enforce. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Placement of regular newsletter articles in the <br />Spring and Fall quarters requesting the cooperation of citizens in <br />the removal of outdated garage sale signs and nails holding such <br />signs. <br />DFP/pf <br />Attachments <br />1 <br />