Candidates face fines if signs have not been removed

The November 4 election may be a distant memory for many county residents, but not for Gaffney Zoning Administrator Tony Lavender.

Lavender has been busy confiscating signs of national, state and local candidates who illegally erected signs on public rights-of-way or failed to pay a $200 deposit to post political signs on vacant lots or commercial properties within the city.

Lavender said Congressional hopeful Albert Spencer is an example of a candidate who had his signs confiscated for failure to pay the $200 deposit.

Candidates who paid the deposit had until Tuesday to remove their signs from vacant lots or commercial properties or risk forfeiting their $200, Lavender said.

Political signs posted on residential property are exempt from the city's political sign ordinance, Lavender said.