Lesson Learned

[Tony Dentino]

Don't start fabricating the sign until the sign permit is issued.

Tony

[Rich Fennessey]

Doooh!!! Good reminder. I've read up on my towns sign regulations recently since I'm new at this. Most people won't know too much about them but they probably expect you to be the expert. Do your customers expect you to pull the permit or do they have to do it themselves?

[Joe Pelonio]

I have gotten them but always tried to get them to do it, as it takes a lot of time. The building owner gets fined for an un-permitted sign, but the sign maker is expected to know better. I have had many customers balk at the permit because of the high fees and risk it, in those cases I would still make it but not do the installation. A few got caught and had to get a permit after the fact. I never had one have to come down because I would always make it to permit code specifications. The worst thing you can do is make it too big, then it has to come down and be done over, smaller.