'For Sale' Signboards Calls For Fine

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oi-Devaki

By Devaki

Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 11:49

'For Sale' is a sign that grabs everybody's attention, without fail. Many of us do make it a point to go and inspect the items that are on sale. But, for the residents of Adelaite, it is going to be matter of the past.

Yes, the Adelaite council has banned the usage of the sign, 'For Sale'. According to the Adelaide council, whoever is found to have the signboard reading 'For Sale' would be fined up to 100 dollars.

Michelle Rowe, a woman from Happy Valley, is annoyed after an Adelaide council banned her from using the 'For Sale" sign on her car.

The 'sale" sign on Rowe"s car was declared illegal after the council banned its use.

The bill was drafted by the South Australian Local Government Association has been adopted by at least seven councils. The law makes it illegal to display advertising signs on your car when parked in public.

“I got a shock when I was fined, I'd never heard of that by-law before and you see parked cars with for sale signs all the time," said Rowe.