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Committee debates Drive Safe yard signs after staff cites city code that forbids signs in right‑of‑way

5936536 · September 17, 2025
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Summary

Committee members sought to place ‘Drive Safe’ yard signs across town. City staff told the committee that city code and state rules generally prohibit signs in public right‑of‑way and on City Hall property; staff offered alternative placements and a reader‑board announcement.

Members of the Estacada Traffic and Public Safety Committee discussed the committee's Drive Safe campaign signs during the Sept. 16 meeting and were told by city staff that signs placed in public right‑of‑way or on City Hall property run afoul of local code and state rules.

Melanie, city staff, told the committee that yard signs may be placed on private property with the landowner's permission but “if they get put in the right of way, they're probably gonna get picked up by either Clackamas County or…

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