Downtown Denver businesses hit with hefty signage fines: “Just trying to keep this place going”
By Maggy Wolanske | Denver7
Denver7 heard the concerns from restaurant owners in downtown Denver after the city took action to enforce signage rules.
DENVER — Vacant buildings and for lease signs fill Blake Street by the newly renovated 16th Street. Now, some businesses in the area are left without signage after they say the city recently cited the block to enforce the zoning code.
A flag that once greeted customers outside Jovanina's Broken Italian is now taken down. It had been up for the past five years, with the owner, Jake Linzinmeir, explaining it helped with the busy construction in the area and brought awareness to the restaurant.
"Flag was up. No problem. No comment. All of a sudden, we got cited, all of our neighbors got cited for the signage to various...