Standing 2 feet off the ground, they advertise landscaping, cheap mortgage rates and going-out-of-business sales. They’re called “bandit” signs, ...

Those ugly signs you see attached to utility poles -- offering to buy your home or car, cheap -- are the target of a new crackdown being launched later this spring by the Nutter administration.

The Brays Oaks Management District in southwest Houston has declared war on "bandit signs" -- those small signs in public rights-of-way on city streets. They're going around and taking them down ...

L ooking at the reaction to a Times-Union news story and one of my columns about bandit signs, it appears that this ubiquitous form of advertising on the cheap isn't popular. In fact, on the popula… ...

In fiscal year 2008-09, when sign enforcement was handled by the city's building department, $3,394 was collected for all sign violation fees, including bandit signs.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --A Philadelphia man is taking a stand against so-called "bandit signs" that he says are causing blight on the city. More so, the advertising signs are illegal. Eyewitness News ...

They told us no tickets were issued, and right now code enforcement is focused on removing signs and educating the public. If cited, a person could be fined upwards of $2,000.

In an effort to tackle illegal bandit signs, several residents have taken a hands-on approach in removing the postings themselves. "I think it looks trashy," Ken Latimer, coordinator of the ...