Signs, signs, everywhere there are signs

There’s a crackdown underway. A sting operation, if you will. The City of Charlottesville (and the County of Albemarle, other localities and the VDOT) are letting it be known that signs are not to be displayed in their rights-of-way.
See this letter from the City. This ordinance applies to Unrepresented Sellers as well.

Coincidentally, the Real Estate Bloggers noted a similar strategy being undertaken in their market, and The HooK had a great story in 2004 about the proliferation of real estate signs.

Believe it or not, signs are one of the most important part of a marketing strategy.

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March 29, 2007 | Filed Under General Real Estate, Marketing 

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One Response to “Signs, signs, everywhere there are signs”

  1. Crackdown on Illegal Signs at cvillenews.com on March 29th, 2007 1:01 pm

    [...] Jim Duncan reports that Charlottesville, Albemarle, and VDOT are cracking down on signs planted in the right of way. As I’ve mentioned, these things really, really piss me off. The county tells me it’s not legal for individuals to tear them down, which means that taxpayer dollars have to be used to remove the things. (Or, as I’ve decided, I just need to be sneakier about destroying these things.) Is it time to start a public shaming campaign? [...]