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- Dec 17, 2018
I'd have thought the first, and most rational thing to do would be to knock on the door of the person concerned and just have a friendly word with them if it genuinely was an issue, preferably with a copy of the City Ordinances to hand,and to ask the owner of the sign to come out with you so they can watch you measure it, and ask if they will move it. I can guaranfuckingtee, if it was one for Biden, this is precisely what they would have done as well.Why is the city infringing on its residents property rights without a court order is the bigger question.
If the signs were too close to the road, the proper (see: Constitutional) way to do it is to notify/warn, then fine if refused, then get a court order to have the signs removed or moved.
(The 33 foot "right of way" doesn't mean it's public property - that stops roughly where the grass is, maybe a few feet in. On this particular single lane road, 33 feet from the center is like 1/3 of some peoples front yards)
I mean, obviously, maybe the person wasn't in, so the response to that would be to photograph it, with the rape measure used visible, and to leave a note with a phone number to arrange a follow up, Again, I would stake my IRA on this being the thing they would have done if it was a Biden sign.
I'm not sure how discrimination laws work but if they can prove it was only moved as the first course of action because it is a Trump sign, surely there could be a case there?