Sign Police

attack chicken · « **on:** July 11, 2011, 07:43:01 PM »

Well, I guess after almost 3 years(Aug. 4 will be our 3 year anniversary) we finally got under the skin of our local competition. The sign police showed up at our shop this morning and told us one of our competitors asked if they could have a van parked in front of their shop with "all makes and models" on it(just like our 78 bus says). He went on to say that he was going to tell us what he told them...you CAN have a van parked in front of your building as long as it is registered, insured,runs and drives and it has to be used for the business. Well our bus is a shell, has only moved 20 feet in 3 years and that's just due to a drunk hitting it on Cinco de Mayo 2 years ago. Now I guess we will have to drag it up behind the building so some pathetic looser who wouldn't work on a aircooled VW to save his own life can snicker about getting his way...I will say I understand why there is the law about registered and running, I get that no one wants a whole street of junk vehicles with crap painted all over as a ad, BUT what fries me is that someone had to call the city of Chattanooga and basically point out our bus just so we would have to move it. GAMES

certdubtech · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2011, 10:09:44 PM »

So.... Who the hell is the cry-baby bizzotch?

cindy · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2011, 10:17:53 PM »

Yes please share so we can be sure to stay far, far away from him and let others know too.

LOLA · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2011, 10:22:45 PM »

Every week, just move it to another spot in the drive. This way, it does not become a permanent sign. botta-boom, botta-bing

Russ · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2011, 10:29:31 PM »

Throw an engine in the back and tag it. Or sell it to me and I'll hire you to work on it...forever. Then it's a customer car!

That said, has it really been three years? Congratulations! Hope you have many more.

casper · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2011, 10:29:49 PM »

Another reason we love Red Bank; not that it doesn't have rules about signs too, but nowhere near as bad. When we were on Hixson Pike, we had the sign on the building and then the business next to us had a marquee type sign (on our side) that could be changed with the letters you put on it. They never used it and said if we bought the letters, it was all ours. We had a nice Scenic City Scooters insert made and we used it for about a month...and then THEY came. The sign police. Said someone complained (maybe that is what they tell everyone?) and each business can only have one sign. So the marquee sign sat there empty for 5 years...the people next door didn't want to use it and we couldn't use it.
Too bad it doesn't move under it's own power Rick...you could put it out on Saturdays when the SP don't work...we used to put portable signs out every Saturday.

attack chicken · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2011, 11:00:56 PM »

Quote from: certdubtech on July 11, 2011, 10:09:44 PM

So.... Who the hell is the cry-baby bizzotch?

I don't know who did it. There is 4 shops down the street and it could be anyone of them. There is only one that actually has a van parked in front of their shop, and it is used/legit. May have been them, they are the other independent place on our end of the highway...just a pure guess though. Just sucks that there is always someone looking to mess with you. We let a vendor set up in our grass area out by the road on the weekend to sell sunglasses, a couple of weeks ago 4 police cars showed up to check his license, which he had, but someone complained to the city and they had to "check him out". Someone always messing with folks. It's just too bad really.

volksnick · « **Reply #7 on:** July 12, 2011, 12:24:39 AM »

Registration and Liability insurance wouldn't be too much. Put a locking deck lid on it and fab up some tail pipes or throw a junk engine in there.

The only difficult part would be emissions without an engine... or you could put an electric motor in it and it would pass!

As for using it for the business...yeah... its a sign!

Or you could always do the old mount a vehicle on a large post! Perhaps if it "has a foundation" its no longer a "vehicle"

according to the sign ordinance it says:
"Any sign painted on or attached to a vehicle and used as a stationary sign."(chapter 3-21-a-5) So if its a mobile sign.....

But then Chapter 3-21-c says:
"For the purposes of this Section, a rebuttable presumption shall arise that a vehicle is being used as a stationary sign if (1) any sign is painted on or attached to the vehicle, (2) such vehicle is not titled or does not have a license tag affixed thereto, and (3) such vehicle is located in a front yard (as defined in the Chattanooga Zoning Ordinance), provided that no such presumption shall arise with respect to trailers which are used in the ordinary course of business in a trucking operation."

I say we take that former "RV" and get you a tax break on your "second residence"

its all about the loop holes!!! or the a-holes...

volksnick · « **Reply #8 on:** July 12, 2011, 12:30:11 AM »

this place in Lenoir City has a Bug Sign

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=VW+bug+on+a+sign&hl=en&ll=35.82613,-84.275823&spn=0.017467,0.038323&sll=35.820597,-84.26578&sspn=0.017469,0.038323&client=safari&t=h&radius=1.29&z=15&layer=c&cbll=35.826278,-84.276032&panoid=IRqXGs6P2wk1OtfUVNh_hg&cbp=12,174.01,,0,4.64

certdubtech · « **Reply #9 on:** July 12, 2011, 06:35:27 AM »

Rick, many years ago I worked for the Pep Boys on Hwy 153. It was a big inside joke that we (Pep Boys) must have really irritated someone in the Northgate vicinity really bad at one time. This is no joke. We would put up signs for Promotional purposes (Tires, whatever) on our sidewalk area, and it would not be but a few hours later that the sign police were on the phone with the store manager or pulling in the parking lot, asking us to take it down. It was such a big joke, some of us (me included) would put something out, then literally start a timer... one time it was under 45 mins. before the gestapo came rolling in.

I think I know one area we could save a few tax dollars.

Sorry to hear, man. I hate people who sit around looking for ways to "get at" others.

Ret.Bugtech · « **Reply #10 on:** July 12, 2011, 07:53:00 AM »

Quote from: attack chicken on July 11, 2011, 11:00:56 PM

Quote from: certdubtech on July 11, 2011, 10:09:44 PM
So.... Who the hell is the cry-baby bizzotch?

I don't know who did it. There is 4 shops down the street and it could be anyone of them. There is only one that actually has a van parked in front of their shop, and it is used/legit. May have been them, they are the other independent place on our end of the highway...just a pure guess though. Just sucks that there is always someone looking to mess with you. We let a vendor set up in our grass area out by the road on the weekend to sell sunglasses, a couple of weeks ago 4 police cars showed up to check his license, which he had, but someone complained to the city and they had to "check him out". Someone always messing with folks. It's just too bad really.

Rick, Are these shops just domestic or VW/foreign ? I just might know him.

Ret.Bugtech · « **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2011, 09:12:59 AM »

Quote from: LOLA on July 11, 2011, 10:22:45 PM

Every week, just move it to another spot in the drive. This way, it does not become a permanent sign. botta-boom, botta-bing

I have seen this little trick work well before because it worked for me.

Blackfoot · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2011, 09:28:11 AM »

That's just crazy. People just can't stand it that you have something cool to advertise with.

attack chicken · « **Reply #13 on:** July 12, 2011, 10:04:50 PM »

Rick, Are these shops just domestic or VW/foreign ? I just might know him.
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They are all chain shops except 1. Tilden,Goodyear,Maxi and Hydes. There are a couple others, but they are specialty places that we don't really compete with. I have met both of those guys and we get along fine. We did move the bus today, it's behind the shop now...wonder how long it will be before someone tells me I can't have it at all.

certdubtech · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2011, 08:28:13 AM »

Quote from: attack chicken on July 12, 2011, 10:04:50 PM

Rick, Are these shops just domestic or VW/foreign ? I just might know him.

They are all chain shops except 1. Tilden,Goodyear,Maxi and Hydes. There are a couple others, but they are specialty places that we don't really compete with. I have met both of those guys and we get along fine. We did move the bus today, it's behind the shop now...wonder how long it will be before someone tells me I can't have it at all.

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Oh, great.... now it's one of those secretive "back-door" businesses I have heard about.

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