CONTROL OF SIGN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 311, 26 August 1932, Page 4

CONTROL OF SIGN

BOROUGH COUNCIL DECIDI ALL SIGNS MUST BE S APPROVED I PROTECTING TOWN BEAUM Disapproval of the indiscrinjB use of signs in the town was exp® by the Rotorua Borough Council® meeting on Wednesday evening® some time past there has heen ® free use of sign-boards l1® town without proper guidance,® the result that unsightly design® crept in and decidedly outrag® beauty of the towm. The Ivlayo® T. Jackson, decided to face the® tion with a definite resolutioi® moved: — ® "That in pursuance of the p® vested in it by Section 34 of tbe® Planning Act, 1926, as amene® Section 5 of the Town P'3® Amendment Act, 1929, the coub® solutely refuse its consent to u® play of any advertising signs ® private property within the b® where such signs are visible fl'°® public or private street, unless® cation for the erection of snc® has heen made in writing to |n® cil and has been approved of ® . committee of the councli, s"® proval to be recorded in the It® i hook of the committee." j® Mr. Jackson emphasised tha ■ possible at the present time® man to paint a sign on his/® which would be just as offensF® ordinary board and the counci ® have control. The resolution^® this without by-laws. ® Cr. E. T. Johnson approved,® resolution was carried unamm°®