Who’s that rap, rap, rapping on my door? Oh, my god, it’s the police! What have I done officer? “You, among many, are breaking the sign code by not having a permit for your sign and having an oversized sign.”
And the Town of Estes Park thinks that ordinance enforcement needs the police? Doesn’t the Town have a sign officer? Is this intimidation just because my sign is promoting someone other than your boss John Baudek?
Of course it is. They have no authority to block a temporary sign and you should tell them to go spit. So, officer, I know you are just doing what Baudek and Randy Randy told you to do, so for me will you please tell them no thank you, I'm keeping my sign?
We’ve brought this up before. Do anything you want and tell the Town to bend over. This Town doesn’t enforce any ordinances and there is no such thing as being grandfathered in. Let’s look at a few violations that are strictly against code and they go unchallenged:
Neon signs. The code is very clear. No beer signs, no flashing signs, no signs other that no-vacancy/vacancy or open signs are allowed. None! Look at the restaurants as you drive by that are breaking the code. Corona, Bud, Miller, blah, blah! They are illegal!
If the police or any other Town employee tells you to do anything you don’t want to do tell them to go spit. Really! It’s like the homeowner’s associations around here that must number in the hundreds. If the HOA doesn’t enforce all the covenants, they can’t enforce any. It isn’t a selective process where some things can be overlooked. Either they are all enforced or they are not enforceable.
No storage facilities or trailers for businesses that want to store inventory. None. How about the Trading Post? What excludes them? The parking lot looks like a construction site. Do you like the statute in front of the Church Shops? That is not permitted but is allowed because Peter Marsh owns the Church Shops. That’s why the Town pays him to include his storefronts in all Town advertising.
Signs for political favorites? Have at it and put them all over the place. It’s a free country, even in Estes Park.
