It’s the political season and Chesterton Building Commissioner Dave Novak is urging folks who put signs in their yard to know the Zoning Ordinance.

At the Town Council’s meeting Monday night, Novak reminded residents of the following:

•Signs may not be placed on town property or utility poles.

•Signs six square feet or smaller require no permit.

•Signs larger than six square feet—with a maximum of 32 square feet—do require a permit, at a cost of $10 per sign, obtainable from the Building Department.

•All political signs must be removed within 10 days after the May 8 primary election.

Early voting in Porter County started on Monday and already a couple of handfuls of folks have taken advantage of the satellite voting center in the meeting room of the Chesterton Town Hall.

At the Town Council’s meeting Monday night, Clerk-Treasurer Gayle Polakowski reported that 14 or 15 people voted earlier in the day.

The town-hall satellite voting center—at 726 Broadway—is open from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

Conceivably a Saturday voting day will be scheduled sometime prior to the primary on May 8, Polakowski noted, but only if the volume of voting justifies one and based on Monday’s traffic it probably won’t.

Any voter registered in Porter County may cast a ballot at the Chesterton Town Hall, Polakowski added.

“Very convenient,” remarked President Nick Walding, R-3rd.

Posted 4/10/2012