A recent unanimously approved Collegedale sign ordinance amendment is already causing problems with a local youth association and includes regulations for garage, yard and estate sale signs.
Bucky McCulley, a representative from the Ooltewah Youth Association, addressed the Collegedale Commission in regards to the association’s basketball sign-up signs that have been removed from Ooltewah Elementary School, Ooltewah Middle School and the intersection of Old Lee Highway and Little Debbie Parkway because of the ordinance.
“We get a good bit of people from our signs, and we’ve already had seven or eight calls wanting to know why signs aren’t up,” he said.
According to city of Collegedale Building, Codes and Safety Officer Andrew Mokert, the OYA signs were removed from the intersection because they were placed in the city’s right of way, which violates the sign ordinance. The signs at the schools were removed because they violated the ordinance’s definition of an “event,” which only allows a nonprofit organization to leave a sign up for 12 days.
OYA usually leaves its signage up for approximately one month, said McCulley.