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POLITICAL SIGNS Of/ CITY-OWNED PROPERTY
Purpose
To ensure that the City of Muskegon maintains a
nonbiased status in all matters of political
affiliation and to prevent accusations of unfair
advantage by certain candidates.
Policy
1. City employee’s
a) City employees will remove any political
signs found on City property.
b) City employees should report any political
signs on City property to their supervisors.
c) City employees are authorized to inform any
person found putting up political signs that
the signs are not allowed on City property.
Candidates
When a candidate registers for an elected position
they should be informed that political signs are
not allowed on City property and informed of
repercussions for signs found on City property.
Fines
When the City must take down political signs from
City property a fine of ten dollars per sign, no
matter the size, is established. The fine is to
the candidate unless the candidate can prove the
responsible parties in the construction and
placement of the signs.
Police
The Police Department may upon their discretion
ticket any individual found putting political
signs on City property for the amount up to ten
dollars per sign placed on City property.
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