Letter: Please take down the advertising banners in Barrington

Posted 1/21/25

To the editor:

I applaud Barrington resident Kay Chapin for speaking out regarding the plethora of objectionable advertising banners that mar the beautiful ornate light poles that line County …

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Letter: Please take down the advertising banners in Barrington

Posted

To the editor:

I applaud Barrington resident Kay Chapin for speaking out regarding the plethora of objectionable advertising banners that mar the beautiful ornate light poles that line County Road. She clearly stated to the Barrington Town Council last Monday Night that the banners are violating existing zoning rules and produced the printed zoning rules documentation proving it.

Barrington is fortunate to have a beautiful town center, why in the world is it being blighted with advertising banners that are nothing more than mini-billboards?

I encourage the town council to act on this issue as soon as possible to prevent the Town of Barrington from looking like some other Rhode Island towns that did not pay attention to the negative effects of visual sign pollution.

Anthony A. Carcieri

Barrington

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