A PVT SMT HIT A TAXIWAY SIGN ATTEMPTING TO AVOID AN ACR SMT THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY PARKED. ACFT DAMAGED.

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I WAS TAXIING OUT FROM FBO'S FLT LINE IN AN SMT. AS I TURNED S ON THE TAXIWAY TOWARD THE TKOF END OF THE RWY; IT WAS APPARENT THAT I WAS GOING TO BE UNABLE TO PASS BY AN SMT WHICH WAS PARKED PARTLY INTO THE TAXIWAY. TO AVOID STRIKING THE SMT; I TAXIED INTO A RESTR AREA FOR THE USE OF GND VEHICLES; FUEL TRUCKS; MAINT VEHICLES; ETC. I FELT PRACTICALLY NOTHING; BUT SUBSEQUENTLY; THE LINE CREW CALLED THE TWR; SUGGESTING THAT I HAD HIT A SIGN AND I WAS ADVISED BY THE TWR. I TAXIED BACK IN. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT SHOWED NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT ALL; NO DENTS IN THE PROP; HOWEVER; THERE WAS A MINIMAL SCRATCH IN THE PAINT AT THE TIP END OF THE L ENG PROP BLADE. (THE ENG/ACFT PERFORMED FINE.) THE LACK OF NOISE WHEN I ALLEGEDLY IMPACTED THE SIGN SUGGESTS THAT PERHAPS THE SIGN WAS ALREADY DOWN AND IT SIMPLY BLEW THE SIGN INTO THE GND VEHICLE DRIVE AREA. IN ANY EVENT; I WAS RATHER DISTRESSED THAT THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED; AND CERTAINLY WAS AGGRAVATED BY THE PRESENCE OF THE SMT PARKED PARTLY IN THE TFC WAY. ARPT POLICE MADE NOTE OF THE INCIDENT REGARDING THE SMTS.