Uniform Signage

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Greenville Wisconsin— When you dial 911 to report a fire or medical emergency at your home, first responders and firefighters are dispatched to help. But what happens if they can't easily locate your residence because they can't see the numbers of your address?

It has happened to first responders and firefighters in Greenville, and as a result, the town is proposing an ordinance that would establish requirements for the placement and maintenance of address signs at all residential, commercial, industrial or other occupancies in the sanitary district and rural areas.

Some address numbers are on mailboxes, others are displayed on houses and some newer homes have the address etched into stone or brick, according to Town Chairman Randy Leiker.

In addition, mailboxes are placed on the same side of the street in some areas, making it difficult to distinguish which box belongs to which house.

"Having uniform signage will make it easier for emergency personnel to see numbers from the street," Leiker said. "It's important for resident safety."

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Relaxed Signage

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as Wellington village council with a unanimous vote preliminarily approved an updated ordinance regulating signs. The village's sign code is older than the village itself and considered restrictive for businesses, particularly those in shopping centers.

To that end, the new ordinance would allow window signage to cover up to 50 percent of the glass, permanent internal banners and temporary outdoor banners. Also A-frame signs and additional street frontage monument signs with tenant names would be allowed.

Some other changes: gas stations must post gasoline prices on signs they dedicate exclusively for that purpose. They can't use them to advertise promotions.

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Dangerous Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Invercargill, New Zealand, blind and vision-impaired residents are calling on the city's shopkeepers to put their footpath signs in safe locations – not where blind people will walk into them. Vision-impaired city woman Hannah Pascoe said she and others had knocked over signs when walking along city footpaths in recent times because they could not see them.

It was both embarrassing and dangerous, and the walking area of footpaths should be kept clear of signage, she said. A Southland Association of Blind Citizens member, Ms Pascoe has written to Mayor Tim Shadbolt urging the council to reinstate a bylaw limiting where shopkeepers may place footpath signs.

The council's environmental and planning services director, William Watt, said a council bylaw, in place until about 2006, restricted businesses to one sign each, with those signs to be placed on the outside of footpaths beside parking meters.

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New Trail Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as The City of Frankfort’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites will open a new system of trails in the Leslie Morris Park on Fort Hill with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week. The new trails open to public use much of the 125-acre park that has been inaccessible until now. Shaped like a giant figure eight, the trails offer one paved loop and one with a natural surface. Interpretive stations along the way explain the natural features beside the trails.

Walkers can learn about how woodlands change over time and the relationships between people and their natural environment. Each interpretive station has a bench and explanatory signage.

One trail loop is named Goin Trail in honor of Sanford Goin who was a member of the garrison of Fort Boone that repulsed a Civil War Confederate cavalry raid on Frankfort in 1864. Fort Boone is one of two earthwork forts in the park.

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Good Road Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as citing better business practices and a company’s promise to do better, Peterborough County put Canadian Tourism-Oriented Directional Signage in charge of its tourism signs for a further 10 years.

Nick Bacon, general manager of the company referred to as TODS, said concerns about sign conditions and construction previously voiced by some county councillors have now been addressed.

The company has put up about 45 signs throughout the county and about 13,000 throughout Ontario.

Otonabee-South Monaghan Township Reeve Dave Nelson said there are signs on County Rd. 2 that were damaged and never repaired.

About a year ago, the county urged the province to drop TODS as the provincial provider of tourism signs because of the shoddy condition of signs and lengthy waits to get signs erected.

Unsatisfied with the level of service from TODS, Nelson asked if there was any way the county could get out of the contract if that level of service continued.

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Signage Frenzy

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as a a signage error at a Marathon gas station in Avondale, Ohio, created a short-lived buying frenzy among consumers. Unbeknownst to its employees, the signage at the station promoted 27-cents a gallon gasoline last week. Word spread quickly among consumers, and the pricing error continued for two-and-a-half hours. One customer drove from Erlanger, Kentucky, 175 miles away, to take advantage of the savings.

Consumers using credit cards made out with the savings windfall. But as customers began paying with cash, the station's employees eventually discovered their error. The signage error occurred during a change in pump prices. The station refused comment on how much money the mistake cost its store operators.

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Save Our Reef Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Lihu‘e, Hawaii — the reefs are alive and are damaged when people walk on them, Kaua‘i Save Our Seas President Paul Clark said Sunday. Like Godzilla in Tokyo, walking on reefs harms the endemic ocean environment consisting of fish, algae, coral and other invertebrates, he said. These organisms are essential to the ecosystem.

“There are very few signs or even educational pieces on Kaua‘i that really let people know what’s happening on the reefs or really what the reef is,” Clark said. “People think it’s entirely dead, but it’s really alive, even down to the microscopic level.”

In an effort to help reverse the damage already done, the nonprofit Save Our Seas has been placing new coral reef education signs at local dive and surf shops across the island, urging residents and visitors not to come in direct contact with the reef.

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Campaign Signs Stolen

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as Politicians understand that some of their political signs are necessary casualties in a campaign, but three Bainbridge City Council, Washington candidates have recently been victimized by a political plunderer.

Debbi Lester, Dee DuMont and Kirsten Hytopoulos had a combined 46 campaign signs taken at the end of September.

The candidates learned of the theft after Hytopoulos’ treasurer located several signs in the water at Manitou Beach. The candidates said they believed the same person had stolen all the signs because they were tied together in the water.

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Getting Tough On Signage Rules

More signage news from in and around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Potsdam, New York, the village is once again cracking down on off-premise signs downtown, asking proprietors to remove fliers and advertisements for other businesses from shop windows.

Code Enforcement Officer John F. Hill recently distributed notice letters to downtown business owners to advise them to remove off-premise signs from their establishments. "People aren't aware of the law, and if somebody brings in a poster who wants to put it in the window, they say go ahead. There is a process you have to go through," Mr. Hill said. "You can't advertise off-premise."

Village code prohibits businesses from putting advertisements for other establishments in their windows.

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Revised Signage Guidelines

More signage news from in and around the the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Matawan, New Jersey — The Borough Council is revising signage ordinances to enhance the ambiance of the downtown. Councilman Tom Fitzsimmons said at a meeting, that creating a uniform look for downtown Matawan could attract new businesses.

He went on to say "We want all the signs in town to look somewhat similar," he said. "What we are trying to do is brand this area as a historical, quaint little town. Once you've done that, you've created the environment for people to come here and open a business, like a coffee shop or antique shop. We can give the downtown a uniform look and give business owners guidelines."

The borough wants to encourage signs that identify activities, describe local history and character, or serve other educational purposes, according to the draft.

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Temp Signage Rules To Be Relaxed

More signage news from in and around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Pittsburgh. Peters Township business owners told the township's council that a proposed zoning ordinance expanding the number of permits allowed for temporary signs does not go far enough. Council held a public hearing on a proposed ordinance change that would expand the number of permits a business could get in one year for a temporary sign.

Ed Zuk, township planning director, said the ordinance would expand from four per year to six per year the number of permits allowed for one business. But he said it would decrease the number of days for each permit from 14 days to 10 days. He said this would be a net addition of four more days in a year that a business could make use of temporary signs.

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Better Airport Signage Needed

More signage news from in and around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as Fine Gael Deputy Michael Ring, spokesperson for community, rural, and Gaeltacht affairs, has called on Mayo County Council and the NRA to improve the signage for Ireland West Airport Knock.

“I have been contacted by both Mayo residents and visitors who expressed their concern about the signage for them travelling to and from the airport,” Dep Ring said. “Really what is creating a lot of confusion for tourists is the signage for Knock Shrine as many have presumed that is where the airport was located.

“I am anxious to get signs erected to indicate exactly where Ireland West Airport Knock is, similar to the signage for the Turlough House and the National Museum of Country Life. A number of people have made complaints to me on this issue and I have received several e-mails from tourists who toured Mayo, and when they were going to the airport they found it very difficult to locate.

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Signs Could Save Lives

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as West Midlands Ambulance Service has been developing a unique project to help identify where public access defibrillators are located. Duncan Parsonage, WMAS Community Response Manager for South Staffordshire, came up with the idea and has since been working to install signage throughout the West Midlands Region.

There are over 1900 defibrillators in the West Midlands.

Each location and it respective sign holds a unique identification number, which tallies up with database held within West Midlands Ambulance Service.

This database can be used by the Emergency Operations Centre and allows call takers and dispatchers to be aware of defib locations.

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Smaller Signs Please

More signage news from in and around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as Elections have sometimes been won or lost on long rural highways with campaign signs that rival the size of storage sheds. Those days may soon be over for Horry County, South Carolina. The Horry County Council moved forward an ordinance Tuesday that would change campaign sign size limits from 32 square feet to 16 square feet and regulate how those signs are secured.

The move would make Horry County the latest in a string of local governments that have wrangled with the number, appearance, size and placement of signs to create a fair political environment and protect the look of their towns. The county has an ordinance to regulate signs, which are not allowed on fences, utility poles or on trees.

The county will remove signs that violate the policy. The county and the cities also have time limits for when signs can be put up and how soon they must be taken down after an election.

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Signs In Malta

More signage news from in and around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as it is not only centuries-old grand buildings which one can admire in Valletta, Malta – any visitor who looks for them will find quaint shops and street signs of different epochs that decorate the capital. Many disappeared or were left to deteriorate but some others have been preserved.

In 1998 the Malta Environment and Planning Authority scheduled the only street sign in French in Valletta, a survivor of the short two-year period of the French occupation. The sign is painted on the wall at the corner of Old Theatre Street and Treasury Street. It was covered with a perspex frame in the 1990s to protect it from the elements.

The design guidelines for Urban Conservation Areas (1995), provide that wherever possible, Mepa should protect all cultural features that have acquired heritage value by virtue of their age – over 50 years as stipulated by local law – and/or owing to their history and socio-economic significance, or because they are an integral element of their surroundings.

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No Sign Of The Signs

More signage news from in and around the UK Hants and Dorset Signs as A Tweeddale councillor has hit out after signs aimed at stopping service buses clogging up car parks have failed to be put up. A Traffic Regulation Order was first suggested at the start of 2007 to prevent school coaches and other service buses taking up parking space around central Peebles. It was eventually voted through this spring to impose a three-hour limit.

Traders and councillors had all voiced concerns that tourist coaches were driving straight through the town due to a lack of parking. And the order was seen as a saving grace for the struggling High Street. But almost five months on, the restriction signs for Kingsmeadows, Neidpath and Edinburgh Road car parks have still to be put up - and most of them haven't even been made yet.

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New Sign-Posting To Spark Regeneration

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as NEW sign posting is one of the first requirements for Port St Mary's Isle Of Man regeneration, a working party has decided. The Port St Mary Regeneration Working Party, comprising local traders Tim Croft (Island Seafare), Michelle Haywood (Discover Diving) and Laurence Skelly (Manx Inspirations and Destination Isle of Man) and commissioners Rebecca Sinfield, Bernadette McCauley and Martin Kennaugh, was formed to investigate ideas to put forward to claim some of the government's £8m regeneration fund.

'We are looking at sign posting. If you start at the Four Roads and come to Port St Mary, what is there?' said commissioners' chairman Alec Merchant.

'Where are the car parks? Where is the information about what is around the port?.There should be signage throughout the village, not a rash of new sign posts, but judiciously placed information, with points of interest and where they should obtain food. They are ideas to draw people through village, if there are some areas where there are explanatory boards it will all be done in a tasteful way".

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Signage For Local Beauty Spots

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as Rochford, Essex Council is helping visitors find its beauty spots.Brown tourist signs have been erected, highlighting places of interest, such as Hockley Woods and Sweyne Park.

Also, 14 new welcome signs have been put up across the boundary of the district, replacing those which had been in use for several years. Among the gems being promoted is the 200-year-old Rayleigh Windmill, which has received accreditation status for its museum by the Museums, Libraries and Archive Council.

Terry Cutmore, leader of Rochford District Council, who unveiled one of the signs, said many of the old ones had been in place for years and were starting to deteriorate.

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