Some retailers in the North Mill Station commercial complex are upset over a new push by the city of Aspen to enforce its sign regulations.
The city’s Community Development Department hired a part-time enforcement officer about a month ago and is cracking down on sandwich boards and other types of signs in the development anchored by Clark’s Market. At least one business, Sabra’s Deli, received an official citation last Monday; however, it amounted to a warning and no fine was attached.
Daniel Ferguson, Sabra’s owner-operator, said he loses up to $200 a day in gross sales by not being allowed to put a sandwich board in the privately owned walkway in front of his deli, which specializes in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern lunch and dinner fare.
“The city has come to a decision to eliminate sandwich boards here ,” Ferguson said. “I don’t know what it’s founded on, but I think it’s ridiculous.
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