County sued over removal of signs

Monday, Dec. 27, 1999 | 11:43 a.m.

Signs-n-Such sued Clark County, alleging it wrongfully dismantled and removed several of the plaintiff's signs at Rainbow Boulevard near Windmill Road.

In a Clark County District Court suit, Signs-n-Such said Clark County's Public Response division removed the signs on Dec. 17, 1997, without providing adequate notice and allegedly refused Signs-n-Such's request to hold an administrative hearing over the matter. "We sent out more than one notice and spoke to Mark Peplowski, the owner of Signs-n-Such on more than one occasion. He guaranteed us he would remove the signs on the vacant piece of ground that didn't belong to him, but he didn't do it," responded Jim Foreman, a Clark County manager.

"Pinnacle Peaks, the owner of the property, sent us a letter saying he had no authority on their property. And not only were his signs illegally on the property, he had no permits to put up the signs," Foreman said.

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