South Bruce council divided on roadside sign removal under current bylaw

Resident asks for review of bylaw due to ‘overabundance of signs making our community a mess’

May 24, 2022 @ 8:29 pmLocal News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

A complaint about the number of signs in the municipality led to a heated discussion at the May 10 council meeting. Ultimately, council decided to publish the sign bylaw in newspaper ads, with the hope of educating the sign owners and perhaps encouraging them to relocate their signs to locations allowed within the bylaw. (Kelsey Bent photo)
SOUTH BRUCE – An email from a resident, addressed to council back in February, asked for a review of the sign bylaw. The request was on the basis of addressing the “overabundance of signs making our community a mess for all and any people thinking of locating here or just passing through.” Shelly Lang, the…
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Kelsey Bent is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with Midwestern Newspapers.