There are a lot of signs popping up all over town….sales, school open houses, painters, roofers, etc, etc.
Years ago, we Selects worked hard to come up with a protocol for signage that was appearing everywhere. Poor Tim Higgins was assigned the onerous task of being sign tzar…and he had to send poor DPW folks out to bring order to the chaos. So, here is what we came up with. Perhaps it has changed, but if not…please make life easy for Tim, et al. It was and still is fun to read what is going on, what family has an L/S or Brooks grad. and what evens are happening around town. That said, it is not bad to also be aware of some of the ancient “road rules." 1) All signs should have clear contact info for the event, company, or political candidate/position being promoted …anonymous was not good. 2) The town has a number of town-owned locations for signage-5 corners, Morningside Park, entrance to schools, Peace Park/Lincoln Rd., the intersection of Lincoln and 117, the intersection of Codman Rd. and 126. 3) Signs should not be up more than 2 weeks, and come down within a week after an event (this frees up space of other events) 4) Contractors and service workers signs should only be near driveways while work is ongoing. 5) Political and other signs, on private property, should be near a clearly identifiable address/driveway. This was to prevent the “Burma Shave” effect., and to make the person/household that put up the sign clearly identifiable. (No random placements along Lincoln or Weston Rd.-famous spots for things to appear) 6) When putting signs up at the ever-popular 5 corner, place the signs behind the in laid granite stones, away from the intersection. This was because signs were blocking drivers view as they approached from Sandy Pond Rd. When you think about it, these were all common sense, but common sense does not always prevail. Perhaps, if there have been changes, the modern day Sign Tsar can weigh in. And, unless there has been revisions of these efforts, let’s practice reserve. It will be good to practice before the 2024 election kick into high gear and we can expect multiples in multiple places. ------ Sara Mattes
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