§ 270-151.1 Political signs. [Added 8-14-1996 by L.L. No. 7-1996] A. The Town Board of the Town of Rotterdam has determined that the unrestricted proliferation of political signs throughout the Town of Rotterdam can be aesthetically detrimental to the environment, may be distractive to motorists and thereby create a traffic hazard and may contribute to littering of public and private property when not timely removed. The purpose of this section is to preclude these undesirable consequences by placing reasonable restrictions on the placement and erection of political signs. B. For purposes of this section, a "political sign" is any sign which bears the name and/or political party of a candidate or candidates for public office. "Public office" includes federal, state, county, city, town, village and school district offices. C. No person shall place or erect a political sign on any property owned by the federal government, State of New York, the Town of Rotterdam, New York, or any other municipality, special Town water or sewer district or school district, including the paved and unpaved rights-of-way of roadways, located in the Town of Rotterdam, New York. D. No candidate shall place or cause to be placed or erect a political sign exceeding two feet by four feet in size on any privately owned property situate in an RA, R-1, R-2 or R-3 residential zoning district as enumerated in § 270-6 of this Code. The post or supporting standard shall not be considered in computing the aforesaid size limitation. It is the presumption of this section that all signs erected on the above-referred-to residential property have been so erected by the candidate whose name appears on said sign and with the permission of the owner of said property. Said sign shall be the sole responsibility of the candidate whose name appears on said sign including the duties, obligations and penalties as provided for in this section. E. No signs shall be placed on the sides of overpass or underpass vehicular bridges or railroad bridges, on poles carrying utility lines, traffic signals, streetlights or telephone lines and on direction or traffic signs. F. No signs shall be erected or placed as to obstruct or impair vision at any road intersection or the entrance to and exit from private driveways. G. Political signs shall not be erected or placed earlier than September 1 of the year of the primary and general election for the candidate named on the sign and shall be removed within 14 days after the election. It shall be the responsibility of the person erecting or placing the sign to cause its removal. [Amended 4-14-1999 by L.L. No. 6-1999] H. The Town Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer, Zoning Officer and all police officers are empowered to remove any sign which is erected or placed in violation of the provisions of this section and to dispose of the sign in any appropriate manner, including trashing. Removal shall be without the necessity of prior notice to the candidate or anyone else. [Amended 7-9-2003 by L.L. No. 9-2003] I. A person violating any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties contained in § 270-180 of this chapter.
unless there have been changes to the town code since 2003 above is our current town code
if there have been changes since 2003 why hasn't the code been updated - Town Clerk
my next problem is a candidate running for the position of "judge" who doesn't know the current code
also some of our town roads have easements of 50' from the centerline of the road -as in coldbrook
Talking to each other is better than talking about each other
that DPW Dept head needs to stop kissing and start kicking
house on broadway now sured up by the town with decking lumber the two homes that bracket citizens bank on altamont ave the fence, and building at 158 and 7
i see at the town garage the town owns a excavator, bulldozer and many dump trucks - no. need to call larnard tear the safety hazards down!
Talking to each other is better than talking about each other
that DPW Dept head needs to stop kissing and start kicking
house on broadway now sured up by the town with decking lumber the two homes that bracket citizens bank on altamont ave the fence, and building at 158 and 7
i see at the town garage the town owns a excavator, bulldozer and many dump trucks - no. need to call larnard tear the safety hazards down!
Who owns these buildings? Are do they belong to the town/county by default?
There are people all over schenectady that are just 'walking away' from their homes because of high taxes and no jobs.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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