BEND, Ore. -- Too many real estate "For Sale" signs being planted on city rights of way in Bend have city officials ready to crack down.

The "For Sale" signs have sprouted everywhere in Bend this summer, mostly because of a slow real estate market and a bulging inventory of unsold homes.

Particularly on the weekends, when open houses begin, too many signs are finding their way onto medians, boulevards, street corners, roundabouts and even the streets.

So the city is going to enforce its seven-year-old sign ordinance. Unless it can get real estate agents, homeowners and businesses to police themselves first.

Many in the community say the issue has been brewing for some time.