Basel: Construction site walls and distribution boxes become official billboards
The Basel city government wants to get a grip on the proliferation of small cultural posters in public spaces: Distribution boxes, bus stop splash guards and building site walls will officially become poster spaces, some of which will be free of charge.
The Basel city government wants to get a grip on the proliferation of small cultural posters in public spaces: Distribution boxes, bus stop splash guards and building site walls will officially become billboards, some of the latter free of charge. The first regulation of "small cultural posters" makes what was previously forbidden legal, as the Allmendverwaltung announced on Wednesday, according to SDA. However, you are now not allowed to go wild with posters, but need the green light from the owners: IWB, BVB and telecom companies can now manage their distribution boxes and splash guards. Owners would receive permission from the Allmendverwaltung to use them as billboards. They can then conclude management contracts with billposting companies, according to the statement. Permits would be issued according to a concept, primarily along traffic routes, in the city center and at central locations.
For cultural events only
The permits are to be issued by 2010, after which the relevant sites will be prepared. The head of the Allmendverwaltung, Niklaus Hofmann, does not expect any conflicts due to objections from the local heritage authorities: The small billposting concept has been agreed with the City Image Commission. In addition to the site location plan published on the Internet, there is also a design concept for the new poster sites: This specifies the permissible formats and the type of installation.
The new small poster freedoms are aimed at commercial and non-commercial cultural events, but not at stores or similar. A long-term contract with the Allgemeine Plakatgesellschaft (APG) applies to large posters. The latter would defend itself if anyone got in its way, says Hofmann.
Free billposting on construction site walls
As soon as the billposting concept is implemented, illegal billposting will be penalized. Owners of new small poster sites will be contractually obliged to prevent this. According to Hofmann, they should put concrete pressure on billposting companies to ensure that their employees adhere to the rules. Meanwhile, unusual freedoms have been announced for some building site walls at public construction sites. In future, cultural workers will be allowed to put up posters free of charge and freely in areas defined and published in the previous year.
The Basel government had already passed the regulations as a simple resolution in June. The new head of the Allmendverwaltung then had to fine-tune the concept and discuss it with those affected.
For cultural events only
The permits are to be issued by 2010, after which the relevant sites will be prepared. The head of the Allmendverwaltung, Niklaus Hofmann, does not expect any conflicts due to objections from the local heritage authorities: The small billposting concept has been agreed with the City Image Commission. In addition to the site location plan published on the Internet, there is also a design concept for the new poster sites: This specifies the permissible formats and the type of installation.
The new small poster freedoms are aimed at commercial and non-commercial cultural events, but not at stores or similar. A long-term contract with the Allgemeine Plakatgesellschaft (APG) applies to large posters. The latter would defend itself if anyone got in its way, says Hofmann.
Free billposting on construction site walls
As soon as the billposting concept is implemented, illegal billposting will be penalized. Owners of new small poster sites will be contractually obliged to prevent this. According to Hofmann, they should put concrete pressure on billposting companies to ensure that their employees adhere to the rules. Meanwhile, unusual freedoms have been announced for some building site walls at public construction sites. In future, cultural workers will be allowed to put up posters free of charge and freely in areas defined and published in the previous year.
The Basel government had already passed the regulations as a simple resolution in June. The new head of the Allmendverwaltung then had to fine-tune the concept and discuss it with those affected.
