Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Royalton illegal off-premise billboard is dark...shut off

Yesterday 2-28-15 I noticed the Supreme Sign brightly lit digital electronic billboard next to Mark Schrauts home in Royalton, Minnesota was shut off.  I have displayed the picture I took.   If you remember I blogged about this a few weeks ago.

This picture below is of another illegal off  premise billboard, only THIS one is on the City of Little Falls property.  Oh oh.   City attorney Toni Wetzel and council know about this illegality and don't intend to do anything about it until this fall when the contract renewal is due.  How is it that this was allowed?  My guess is this is another Jerry Lochner screwup.  However, the buck stops at council and city administrators desk.
 

The picture below is the Royalton digital sign taken 1-27-15.

This picture with electricity shut off was taken 3-1-15.  I wonder if the city of Royalton had the electricity shut off to this sign?  That was a consideration at one point in their discussion in their meeting minutes.   Time will tell.  
Royalton City Council meets tonight 3-3-15.   The minutes should reflect the current status of the case.   Hopefully, Mark Schraut has won his battle with Supreme Sign Company and the City of Royalton should be a lot richer with all the daily penalties accrued due to their violation.   Thousands of dollars should be pouring into their coffers real soon.   At least that is, if the City of Royalton is enforcing their sign ordinance UNIFORMLY.   Supreme Sign and the owner of Treasure City(who owns the lot the billboard is located on) better have to pay the fines that are due because of this outrageous violation.  Let's see if Toni Wetzel(city attorney for Royalton) is on top of this one.   The sign ordinance of Royalton states that the City Council ENFORCES THE ORDINANCE.  Will they do their job?  

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