French Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as Dieppe council chambers are expected to host more visitors than usual tonight when the city holds a public hearing into a proposed bylaw that would ban English-only commercial signage outside city businesses in favour of French-only or bilingual signs.

For 20 years, the city has encouraged city businesses to use more French on their outside signs and, while progress is evident in annual surveys that examine the use of French in city businesses, that progress has been slow.

The city has spent two decades offering advice and subsidies to businesses to encourage the use of more French on exterior commercial signs, but last year formed a committee to take a hard look at the issue. That committee has recommended the use of provincial planning laws to enact a bylaw that would regulate the language on outside commercial signs, just as municipalities use the act every day to regulate the size and locations of exterior commercial signage.

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Wrong Shape Sign

More signage news from around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as a Carlisle club owner has hit out at council planners after they demanded he remove £3,000 worth of signs – because they’re the wrong shape. Steve Mountjoy, of Club 35, has put two new signs up on the listed Lowther Street building, advertising the its new restaurant, Trio’s.

But Carlisle City Council says they bear “no resemblance” to those its planners granted permission for.

And the authority has told Mr Mountjoy that he must now take them down – a demand he has vowed to fight.

“We’ve got planning permission but they’re the wrong shape,” he said.

“So we’ve got three weeks to take them down. The signs say Trio’s restaurant instead of Club 35, and they’re a different shape because the Club 35 signs are diamond shaped.”

As well as the signs, Mr Mountjoy has also been ordered to remove two Club 35 notice boards at the side of his front entrance because they should be free-standing instead of attached to the wall.

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Celebration Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as City of North Vancouver councillor Craig Keating is calling for “fair play” after his fellow councillors voted to give businesses the ability to post “celebratory signs” during the Olympics next month.

On Monday, council voted to give city staff the power to approve temporary signage celebrating the Games.

The move was a shortcut from amending the city’s Sign Bylaw and requires the signs be removed at the end of March.

While staff has the power to approve the signs, it has put the onus on the sign applicants to get approval from VANOC for any use of “names, phrases, marks, logos and designs relating to the Olympic and Paralympic movements.”

The city has also stated it will not enforce any sign disputes for the organizing committee.

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Bus Signs

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as drivers fined for using a Clapham bus lane could be reimbursed after Lambeth Council accepted it was inadequately signposted.

After months of complaints from angry motorists, the council finally admitted it would have to stop issuing fines for cars trespassing in the bus lane – which has made more than £400,000 per year in the past six years.

The bus lane, at the corner of Clapham Park Road and Abbeville Road, also had a short taper, making it confusing for drivers to know where it began. Despite not meeting bus lane regulations, Lambeth Council had been collecting as much as £120 from each wrongly fined motorist.

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Campus Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as the Willis Independent School District board in Texas is looking at ways to install marquee signs at the three elementary campuses that don’t have them.

During a trustee workshop Monday night, board president Rebecca Broussard brought up the subject since only two of the five elementary schools have marquee signs.

The signs feature scrolling messages to inform the community, such as early dismissal or yearbooks for sale. Cannan, C.C. Hardy and Parmley do not have signs.

Meador and A.R. Turner have marquee signs in front of the building. A parent donated funds to upgrade the Turner sign, while the Meador sign was part of the construction of that school, which opened in August 2008.

In April, Todd Cabra, a factory representative from Affordable Signs and LEDs and a parent of two WISD students, told the board he wanted all schools to have signs of similar quality. Cabra completed installation of an upgraded Turner sign in April for $8,000.

He even offered to ship and install a 1-foot-by-8-foot, double-sided sign for $9,500 per campus, Cabra said in April. If a school needed new signs and panels on its school name sign in addition to the LED sign, it would cost $11,500; and if a school needed to completely install a sign with electricity, it would cost $15,000, Cabra said in April.

It was estimated Monday that marquee signs would cost roughly $20,000 per campus.

“The principals of these schools do not put these marquees at the top of their list because they do not want to take it out of their school’s budget,” trustee Jim Schulze said. “I feel the marquee is … to a certain degree, it creates an image or impression when someone first sees that school.”

He also mentioned possibly installing signage at the Parmley Annex Building for the Parent Support Center.

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Charity Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as AmeriStamp Sign-A-Rama will donate or discount over $25,000 worth of signage to 21 area nonprofit organizations through its Signs of Support Grant Program.

Through Signs of Support, AmeriStamp Sign-A-Rama aims to support local nonprofit and charitable organizations through assisting in replacing or creating effective, affordable signage for their cause.

Recipients of the 2010 Signs of Support Grants are 4C of S. Indiana, Adam's Food Pantry, American Red Cross of SW. Indiana, American Water Works/Water for the People, cMoe, Evansville Community of Churches/Weekday Education, Evansville African American Museum, Evansville ARC, Evansville BBB, Evansville Rescue Mission, Habitat for Humanity USI Chapter, Keep Evansville Beautiful, Greater Evansville Susan G. Komen Foundation, Southwestern Indiana Master Gardener Association, Parenting Time Center, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Vanderburgh County Right to Life, Posey County Right to Life, The Literacy Center, Vanderburgh Humane Society and Wesselman Nature Society.

AmeriStamp Sign-A-Rama will begin accepting applications for the Signs of Support 2011 Grant Program in the Fall of 2010.

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Smoking Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as a smoking ban has led to a good business opportunity for at least one store in Cayman, Cayman Islands. Signs of Paradise on North Sound Road has created 300 No Smoking signs that retailers are required to display on their premises in accordance with the new Tobacco Law, which came into effect on 31 December.

Greg Arnold, sales and marketing coordinator at the company said business has picked up considerably in recent days.

“We just started to get the ads out,” he said Friday, “and the signs are ready to go.”

Signs of Paradise has 30 of each of the 10 signs that have been approved by government to be displayed in places where smoking is banned. The signs cost between $5.50 and $15.50, Mr. Arnold said.

He added that customers can pick up the signs that are already available or can order more to be created. “We can do it pretty quickly,” he said.

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Leeds Signage

More signage news from in around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as Leeds is to launch a £2.4 million "legibility" initiative aimed at making it easier for people to find their way about the city. The Legible Leeds scheme, paid for with £1.2 million from the Leeds City Council and match funded by regional development agency Yorkshire Forward, will see new on-street maps, signs and street nameplates installed and some current signs and street clutter removed.

A report presented to the council executive board last year described current signage in the city as "uncoordinated" and said there was a need to improve legibility and reduce clutter in the city’s streets.

It said: "Gaining a reputation for a successful legibility scheme is invaluable for raising Leeds’ profile to go up a league as a city and become internationally competitive."

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School Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as some schools in Victoria, Australia are having to erect two signs to pay tribute to the funders of their building projects: one to laud the generosity of the State Government, and another to thank the Federal Government for its largesse.

In its submission to the Senate inquiry into the primary schools element of the Federal Government's schools stimulus program, the Victorian Government suggests state and federal governments co-operate to create a single sign for each project that acknowledges the contribution of each government.

''This would be in line with the partnership approach taken by the Victorian Government towards the … program and send a positive message of different levels of government working together,'' the Victorian submission says.

The Federal Opposition has ridiculed the Rudd Government for spending $3.7 million on signs, which cost $295 each, and plaques, which cost $200 each.

The signs and plaques acknowledge Commonwealth funding for projects under its $16 billion school building program, announced a year ago to stimulate the economy during the global financial crisis.

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Start Up Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as the city of Longmont, Colorado is rolling out a couple of new programs this year to assist small-business owners. The new Business Start-Up Grant offers up to $2,000 to people who want to start a storefront business.

“It’s extremely meaningful, just because of all the hidden openings costs,” said Phil Bratty, who with his wife, Georgia, is opening The Simply Bulk Market at 418 Main St. in a couple weeks. Bratty was one of the first ones to apply for the start-up grant. “I don’t want to say they were all surprises, but when you think about things like setting up phone service, things like that, I just wasn’t prepared for some of those costs.”

The city put $30,000 into the 2009 budget for the start-up grant program, but that money wasn’t touched because the program’s guidelines have just become finalized, said Doug Bene, economic development manager for the city. Another $30,000 budgeted for this year creates a pool of $60,000 available to qualified start-ups.

Each grant is capped at $2,000, and business owners must meet certain criteria, according to Bene.

“The key components of the process are an approved training course and an acceptable business plan,” he said.

The program is open to any business that opened in 2009 or will open this year. The business must be located in a non-residential storefront — meaning no home-based businesses — and the business must be within the city limits.

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The $2,000 is to be used to cover expenses a new business would face, such as business license fees, signage and buying inventory

Distracting Sign

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as you could have been forgiven for thinking a recent drive into Warwick had morphed into a night out at a disco lit up by a shiny disco-ball-inspired McDonald's road sign. But the rave was short lived due to safety concerns.

Warwick McDonald’s Restaurant owner Trevor Burton was “sad” the shimmer sign was taken down under instruction from Transport and Main Roads.

“It’s a few grand down the drain but it did what ads are meant to do: catch people’s eye,” Mr Burton said.

“And people sure were talking about it.

“I thought it was a great idea, brought a bit of bling to a country town.”

When questioned, Mr Burton said the glittery sign was “with its maker”.

A McDonald’s Restaurant head office spokeswoman said the controversial sign was removed at a request from TMR.

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Cornish Signs

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as the branch secretary of the Celtic League in Kernow has written a letter to the National Trust (NT) about their use of only using the English language on signs at properties they manage in Cornwall.

In his letter, Michael Chappell, argued that in view of the fact that Cornwall Council now has adopted a dual signage policy throughout Cornwall and that English Heritage, who administers many of the historical sites throughout Cornwall on behalf of the Duchy of Cornwall, also uses dual signage on many of its sites, the NT should also be considering adopting a similar policy.

Mr Chappell's letter follows on from a letter written to the NT about the same issue by the previous branch secretary in November 2009. Iwan LeMoine pointed out in his letter that the NT in Wales uses the Welsh language on signs on its Welsh properties, so there was no reason why they couldn't do the same in Cornwall.

Both branch secretaries highlighted the fact that by using the Cornish language on its signs would serve to enhance Cornwall's diversity and richness of culture and that Cornwall Council would even support them by providing a free translation service. Mr Chappell and Mr LeMoine are still awaiting a reply to their letters.

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Sign Changes

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Port St. Lucie, Florida — Businesses across the city may get more opportunities to advertise on and around their buildings — but they’ll have to pay the price.

At his department’s weekly board meeting, city Planning and Zoning Director Daniel Holbrook presented proposed changes to the city’s sign code for businesses. The changes were unanimously approved by the seven-member sign code review committee after a seven-month review.

“We are not alone in this task,” said Holbrook, who noted the cities of Stuart and Wellington also are reviewing their sign codes because of the economic downtown.

At its February meeting, the board plans to approve a recommendation to the City Council, which then decides whether to pass the changes over the course of two meetings.

Among the proposed changes, businesses would be allowed to use 40 percent of their windows for signage but have to pay a $50 processing fee for window sign applications. Convenience stores still would be able to use only 20 percent of their windows as required by the state.

Holbrook said window signs, which previously were exempt from the sign permitting process, were added to have them registered and avoid violations. Four window signs would be allowed for each application.

But the proposed changes also include lowering the department’s review fees.

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Tougher Signage

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as the town of Amhest, Nova Scotia is not going to allow a local businessman to cover the front of his property with advertising signage. Warren Chapman had requested an amendment to the town’s land-use bylaw that would have allowed him to cover the face of his building at 8 Croft St. (the former bridge workshop) with advertising.

The planning advisory committee considered the request, but recommended the town not give first reading to a bylaw amendment.

In his report to the planning advisory committee, planner Andrew Fisher said: “The land-use bylaw sign provisions are a balance between allowing businesses to effectively advertise the location of their operation, and maintaining a level of aesthetic control in the community.”
When he appeared before the committee, Chapman said the bylaw is not fair and is not being enforced evenly throughout the town.
He also said it’s in contravention of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms while pointing out his signs help many small businesses advertise at an affordable price.

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Charity Sign

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as a charity shop has lost an appeal to keep its sign – and bosses are considering taking the matter to the High Court. St Richard's Hospice staff were told by the borough council to remove the plastic sign from outside their shop in Tewkesbury High Street.

Council officers said the sign was not suitable for a grade II-listed building in the conservation area and described it as "harsh, shiny and alien".

The charity disagreed, saying it felt its sign looked much smarter than many others in the High Street and lodged an appeal with the Bristol-based Planning Inspectorate.

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New Stop Sign

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as resident concerns about what they call a dangerous curve around the White Pine Ditch have prompted Buffalo Grove to look into putting in a stop sign at the intersection of Bernard Drive and White Pine Road. At this week's village board meeting, Village Manager William Brimm said the village would review the matter and return to the board with a report.

The village's Traffic Management Committee has already recommended against installing a sign. The committee examined the matter after concerns were raised by Trustee Lisa Stone, on behalf of a resident living by the intersection.

At the village board meeting, village staff told trustees that the intersection doesn't meet the criteria known as "warrants," which are set by the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

Deputy Village Manager Ghida Neukirch said the police department conducted a five-year review of the intersection and found no crashes. She said Village Engineer Dick Kuenkler reviewed the request and found it did not meet the warrants. The village examined such factors as line-of-sight and crash data, she said.

The speed limit along Bernard is 25 miles per hour. In the area of the curve, however, it is reduced to 20 miles per hour, and there are signs indicating pedestrians are crossing.

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Sign Ban

More signage news from around the world - this time from Ireland from Hants and Dorset Signs as Courtown publican and Gorey Town Councillor Jimmy Fleming is all fired up over the antique enamel smoking signs in his pub following a visit from the EHO who instructed that they be taken down.

An Environmental Health Officer with the HSE had visited the pub before Christmas and told him he’d have to take down two decorative mirrors bearing the name 'Players' and an old enamel sign for Woodbines.

But Jimmy is prepared to go to court rather than take them down.

“The signs are up here for the last 30 years,” explained Jimmy, who runs Jimmy'z Pub in the Riverchapel area of Gorey town.

The signs are part of the traditional furniture of the pub and Jimmy believes that the EHO is going “way over the top” with this demand.

The brands referred to in the signage are for Wills Gold Flake and Players Navy Cut and have been part of the pub since the building was built.

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Temp Signage Allowed

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as fter requests from the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce Colorado and the recently-formed Temporary Signage Task Force, members of the Ridgway Town Council directed staff at its Dec. 9 meeting to draft changes to town ordinances making it legal for business owners to place temporary tent signs or easels outside their businesses. These types of temporary signs are currently prohibited by town policy.

While some town councilmembers said they are reluctant to change the current policy, in light of the current economic conditions they are willing to consider changes that might benefit local businesses.

The nine-member Temporary Signage Task Force was formed after a Sept. 16 town council work session where members of the RACC Board of Directors said many business owners wanted to be able to use temporary signs for advertising purposes. Since the task force was formed, it has met twice and drafted recommendations to town council for its review.

Town Manager Greg Clifton, who sits on the task force with councilmembers John Clark and Eric Johnson as well as one Ridgway Planning Commissioner member, one RACC member and one non-RACC member, said the group has had two productive meeting. The group is recommending that businesses be allowed to erect temporary signs as long as they are displayed in a manner that does not create a nuisance and are taken down during non- business hours. Furthermore, the signs should have an aggregate face of no more than three square feet in the Residential and Historic Residential Zoning districts and 16 square feet in all other zoning districts.

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Blown Away

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as the First Tennessee bank likes to tout its strong capital position, but the strength of its skyline advertising needs some attention. In recent days, downtown visitors may have noticed that the large square structure on top of First Tennessee Plaza, at 800 S. Gay St., no longer bears the bank's logo.

The disappearance has nothing to do with the economic downturn, though. Instead, parts of the sign were damaged in last week's wind storm, with a company spokeswoman saying part of the sign flew off and landed in the street.

Jennifer Holder, a vice president at First Tennessee, said the sign on top of the 27-story tower - which is Knoxville's tallest building - is made of a vinyl-like material that's secured to a metal frame.

She said all four sides of the sign came loose in the high winds, but to her knowledge only one side of the banner blew off of the building. Holder said none of the metal came off, and noted that the bank's property manager assured her that the falling banner didn't pose any danger.

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Signs Tweaked

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as the town of Fuquay-Varina might make adjustments to its sign ordinance next month, giving nonprofits more chances to publicize community events. The planning department is looking at ways to relax signage rules for groups running free, public programs.

The move comes at the request of town commissioner Cindy Sheldon."We're trying to reach a happy medium with what citizens want and what businesses need," she said.

For years, Fuquay-Varina streets were littered with mattress sale banners and "going out of business" signs for retailers that weren't actually closing.

"There was a going out of business sale every freaking day," Sheldon said. "We've had businesses who had those signs up for more than a year."

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Stolen Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as the City of Cape Town this week has said it was busy setting up a road inspectorate, to ensure pole-mounted street name signs were not stolen or vandalised. Grassy Park Community Policing Forum chairperson Phillip Bam highlighted the problem, saying it had reached the extent where police had to stop and ask for directions.

“It is a concern to the city and it’s across the city. People are utilising these boards for various reasons, but we are in a process of putting together a team to be our ears and eyes on the ground to limit this activity,” said Bam.

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London Signs

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as Transport for London’s Legible London signage scheme, designed by Applied Information Group, is rolling out to three new areas of the capital, including its first installation in an outer London borough.

The scheme, which was launched in November 2007, is currently being installed in Richmond and Twickenham town centres, the South Bank and Bankside, and Bloomsbury, Covent Garden and Holborn.

The three sites were named as trial sites for the scheme by Transport for London in November 2008. AIG was appointed as designer for the Bloomsbury, Covent Garden and Holborn site, Atkins for South Bank and Bankside, and Faber Maunsell for Richmond and Twickenham.

Kulveer Ranger, the Mayor of London’s transport adviser, says, ‘With its clear, distinctive design, the Legible London scheme aims to equip pedestrians with all the information they need to get from A to B quickly and easily. It also helps to improve the public realm as where Legible London is installed, confusing old signage is removed.’

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Cycle Signs

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as Cycling England has given Devon County Council’s plans to transform itself into a “cycling county” a boost with a £2 million grant to help fund the promotion of cycling as a leisure activity and discover whether this gets more people to take to two wheels. The new cash injection is additional to the £25 million that the county council pledged last month for extending existing cycling infrastructure and encouraging holidaymakers to visit Devon with their bicycles.

According to the reports, the latest grant, which comes from Cycling England’s Finding New Solutions project, will help the council develop cycling hubs across the county in places such as Barnstaple, Exeter, Exmouth and Tavistock, allowing access to cycle networks through a variety of modes of transport.

The money will also be used to monitor the effectiveness of those hubs in increasing levels of bicycle traffic, and in finding out what has given people the impetus to cycle in the first place, as well as improving infrastructure such as signage, bicycle parking and bike hire facilities.

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Bollard Signs

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as after dozens of vehicle collisions with Newbury town centre’s infamous rising bollards, West Berkshire Council has now decided that additional warning signs for drivers need to be erected. About 65 incidents involving vehicle collisions with the town centre’s three sets of automatic rising bollards have occurred since the first set were installed in Northbrook Street in 1999, including two more recent strikes.

Some have resulted in injury and many have left both the cars and the bollards severely damaged, with several eyewitnesses and drivers calling for more adequate warning signs.
However, within the past decade as bollards were installed in Wharf Street and Bartholomew Street, the district council has maintained that signage has always been adequate and complied with the law, and that any drivers who struck the bollards after following taxis or buses through were simply flouting the law.

But now, West Berkshire Council spokeswoman Peta Stoddart-Crompton has said that more signage is being planned for the Bartholomew Street bollards. She said: “It is planned to install two eye level signs, one at the barrier and the other adjacent to the back of a bus when it has stopped at the barrier.”

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Clearer Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as people need to know that Grass Valley isn't the only destination on northbound Highway 49. That's the message the Nevada City re-sign committee hopes to get out through updated signs on state highways, as well as within city limits.

The committee has been working on updating signage since it was founded in 2006, but is hoping to speed things up so clearer signage is in place for the thousands of spectators expected during May's Amgen Tour of California bicycle race.

“If you just come in as a tourist, you wonder, ‘How do I find the restroom and parking?'” said Denis Kutch, chair of the re-signing committee. “Once you get into Nevada City, it can be a little dicey on how to get out.”

Part of the solution is bigger, clearer street signs, like the chocolate-brown prototypes with white lettering shown at Wednesday's City Council meeting.

Another element is wayfinding signs, which would direct visitors to landmarks, such as shopping areas, restrooms and parking.

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