Call it Harold’s first stand.

Chalk it up as his first loss, too.

New Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon stuck to his guns for his proposed change to the city’s sign ordinance, but the rest of the City Council firmly rejected his proposal Thursday night.

Logsdon had suggested that residents be allowed to display two real estate signs — one in the front and one in the back. Many homes for sale just off local golf courses already have signs in their backyards, he said.

It might not be a bad idea for residents who are selling a home adjacent to a cart path, either, Logsdon noted, adding that he’s lived here for 10 years and has always seen such sign uses.

“It happens all over town,” Logsdon said.

“Why change it?” countered Councilman Stuart Kourajian.

The majority of council balked on the concept, voting 3-2 against Logsdon’s two-sign proposal, with Councilman Steve Boone casting the other favorable vote.

Before the vote, Logsdon said if the real estate signs along golf courses are illegal, city code enforcement officers should “go out and pull every one of them.”

Minutes later, when council adopted the tweaked staff changes to the sign ordinance without the mayor’s suggested amendment, Logsdon voiced the lone “no” vote.

The amended ordinance allows yard sale and real estate directional signs to return to city rights-of-way, but the latter must be taken up after 14 days. The yard sale signs can go up as early as 5 p.m. the day before the sale starts, but they must come down the day the sale ends, but after it is completed; the signs will still be sold at City Hall.