Post #609429 by kraken on Sat, Oct 8, 2011 2:18 AM

Often the case, but not always. A resident of Walnut Creek,
California collects old, large neon signs and places them in
his driveway. They're not up on poles but he does illuminate
them at night. He undoubtedly gets them at giveaway prices
and the cost of prop-up placement must be minor, too. Just
the ticket for preserving any tiki-related signage that seems
to be headed for the scrapyard.

City government, prodded by a few of his neighbors, seems
to want to require permits for this activity, but they realize
this most probably can't be done. The city has ordinances
regulating commercial signage, of course, but they don't
apply because the businesses these signs were made to
promote ceased operations long ago. Any new regulations
aimed at these signs would at least arguably run afoul of
the first amendment--a thicket the city does not want to
entangle itself in.

(re BigBroTiki's pessimistic analysis above.)

[ Edited by: kraken 2011-10-08 02:26 ]