Basel: Government wants to allow posters on signal distribution boxes
Die Basler Regierung will künftig Plakate auf Verteilkästen von Lichtsignalanlagen auf Allmend zulassen. Sie wolle damit einem Bedürfnis nach kultureller Kleinplakatierung entgegenkommen. Illegales Plakatieren will sie stärker ahnden.
The new billposting option complements the detailed small billposting concept from summer 2009. The permit fees charged to the site operators are low, at around CHF 32 per year for an A2 format poster, which is in line with the approach in Zurich. The operators set their own prices for the posters. In contrast to poster spaces on sites owned by private individuals or independent companies, the traffic light control boxes on public land are now public spaces. Here too, the city canton wants a permit fee of CHF 32 per A2 site. The legal offer is intended to make illegal billposting unnecessary.
Illegally put up posters are also dealt with differently: The intention is no longer to criminalize the perpetrators with fines, but to charge them for the removal and cleaning costs. Illegal posters on Allmend will in future be removed without warning. The removal fee ranges from CHF 100 per poster up to CHF 10,000. Poster companies and event organizers in particular will be asked to pay.
Illegally put up posters are also dealt with differently: The intention is no longer to criminalize the perpetrators with fines, but to charge them for the removal and cleaning costs. Illegal posters on Allmend will in future be removed without warning. The removal fee ranges from CHF 100 per poster up to CHF 10,000. Poster companies and event organizers in particular will be asked to pay.
