Darren DaRonco, The Republic | azcentral.com 3:40 p.m. MST February 20, 2015

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Bar and restaurant owners looking to add outdoor televisions to their patios in Tempe will soon face new regulations.

With flat screen TVs proliferating on patios across Tempe in recent years, city officials said it is time to create rules to ensure they don't become a nuisance that interferes with passing motorists or pedestrians.

"Televisions and technologies are becoming a more apparent use in restaurants and bars in our area," said Ryan Levesque, Tempe's deputy community development director. "We just want to make sure we're aware of that and can recognize there's a place and appropriateness in the patio design details."

No particular incident, such as a spike traffic accidents caused by patio televisions or a business installing an inordinate amount of TVs, led officials to seek new regulations, he said. The city just wants to get ahead of the issue to avoid potential problems.

The rules will not be part of a new ordinance, but instead will be on the checklist when a business submits design plans for approval. While nothing is definitive, some of the new rules could involve how much light a TV emits, where a TV is placed within a patio and whether it's installed safely.

"That way someone doesn't have to worry after the fact that it was installed improperly," Levesque said. "We're just trying to clarify that."

On Feb. 19, the City Council directed staff at the Community Development Department to create and implement new rules, which won't apply retroactively to existing businesses with patio televisions. It's not clear when they would take effect.

Bar owners said they hope the regulations won't diminish an Arizona tradition.

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Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale said the actions of Patios and Sheds Ipswich on Warwick Road were dodgy, unethical and had taken advantage of hard-working, honest residents.

"Many customers had paid their building approval fees to Patios and Sheds Ipswich who instead of lodging building approvals with private certifiers or council, fled with the cash," Cr Pisasale said.

"While many people have been left without their sheds, offers of assistance have come from another shed company and council is happy to waive any building fees that they had paid to Patios and Sheds Ipswich, to help during this time of hardship."

Planning and Development Committee chairman Paul Tully urged the owner of Patios and Sheds Ipswich to give himself up and hand back the money he took from customers.

"His actions are disgusting, fraudulent and un-Australian and he should do the right thing by everyone."

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THE Queensland Times has continued to field calls from Ipswich residents who claim to have been left out of pocket by Patios and Sheds Ipswich.

Another caller yesterday said they had paid a total of $18,500 to the company after ordering a large shed in September, 2013.

The amount included a $5000 deposit, $1600 for a concrete slab and $12,000 for a shed kit that never arrived.

This followed a call from a Yamanto couple who said they paid $25,000 for a dwelling shed that hasn't been properly certified.

Another Ipswich resident said he paid a $560 deposit, plus a separate invoice of $650 for a council application that was never submitted.

While the number of cases builds up and the Queensland Building and Construction Commission continues its investigations into the business activities of Paul DeBruin, the police are yet to take any action.

Ipswich district Inspector Keith McDonald yesterday called on anyone who felt they'd been ripped off by the shed company to make an official complaint to police.

Complaints regarding Patios and Sheds Ipswich can also be forwarded to the QBCC, phone 139 333 for more information.

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