http://banbillboardblight.org/?p=3805 Protecting the visual environment of Los Angeles Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://banbillboardblight.org/?p=3805&cpage=1#comment-2492 publicvoice Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:44:46 +0000 http://banbillboardblight.org/?p=3805#comment-2492 I have called illegal billboards ORGANIZED GRAFFITI for a while now, it best describes their activity. Our city is in desperate need of funds and here is our answer, clean up the city and make them pay the same amount they made off the signs. I have called illegal billboards ORGANIZED GRAFFITI for a while now, it best describes their activity. Our city is in desperate need of funds and here is our answer, clean up the city and make them pay the same amount they made off the signs.

]]> http://banbillboardblight.org/?p=3805&cpage=1#comment-2489 dennis Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:42:01 +0000 http://banbillboardblight.org/?p=3805#comment-2489 The L.A. sign ordinance is part of the zoning code, and the maximum fine for violations is $100/day. That's obviously little deterrent for most of these signs. There is a public nuisance provision in the municipal code that provides for fines as much as $2,500/day. However, that requires a court filing, which means the cases can drag on and on before any resolution. The city has made such a filing, though, in two cases. One is the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and the other illegal billboards alongside the Harbor Freeway. If successful, the city could potentially reap millions in fines. But as I said, the cases could drag through the courts for a long time. The L.A. sign ordinance is part of the zoning code, and the maximum fine for violations is $100/day. That’s obviously little deterrent for most of these signs. There is a public nuisance provision in the municipal code that provides for fines as much as $2,500/day. However, that requires a court filing, which means the cases can drag on and on before any resolution. The city has made such a filing, though, in two cases. One is the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and the other illegal billboards alongside the Harbor Freeway. If successful, the city could potentially reap millions in fines. But as I said, the cases could drag through the courts for a long time.

]]> http://banbillboardblight.org/?p=3805&cpage=1#comment-2488 lalover83 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:40:59 +0000 http://banbillboardblight.org/?p=3805#comment-2488 What is the current daily fine for these greedy metrolights signs? Also what is the daily fine for the supergraphics? Why are they still up? What is the current daily fine for these greedy metrolights signs? Also what is the daily fine for the supergraphics? Why are they still up?

]]> http://banbillboardblight.org/?p=3805&cpage=1#comment-2485 jordanseiler Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:17:33 +0000 http://banbillboardblight.org/?p=3805#comment-2485 I would add that graffiti in fact might be the lesser evil. marking your environment with personal imagery is a way of psychically connecting with your public environment. This bond creates a connection which creates a sense of responsibility for public space. Graffiti might not be the best way to bond with public space but that doeskin mean that the process does not have serious benefits for the practitioner. if we realize that graffiti might be coming out of a need to exert identity then we might do better creating programs which allow youth to express their personality in public spaces creating citizens that care for the spaces around them. We might find our streets overrun with public murals, community gardens and spaces created by the people who occupy them instead of the corporate concerns. I would add that graffiti in fact might be the lesser evil. marking your environment with personal imagery is a way of psychically connecting with your public environment. This bond creates a connection which creates a sense of responsibility for public space. Graffiti might not be the best way to bond with public space but that doeskin mean that the process does not have serious benefits for the practitioner. if we realize that graffiti might be coming out of a need to exert identity then we might do better creating programs which allow youth to express their personality in public spaces creating citizens that care for the spaces around them. We might find our streets overrun with public murals, community gardens and spaces created by the people who occupy them instead of the corporate concerns.

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