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Board discusses drafting rules for real estate signs and seeks clarification on murals and incidental signage
Summary
Board members and staff discussed whether real estate signs and certain murals should be exempt, debated where temporary and incidental signs belong in the code, and asked staffer Evelisse to draft legislation and return with recommendations.
Board members spent a portion of the meeting discussing how the city's sign rules should treat real estate advertising and murals, and directed staff to pursue legislative language to clarify temporary/incidentals and mural review jurisdiction.
The discussion matters because several types of signage and murals in alleyways and on rear building faces have appeared without consistent review, and board members want clearer rules so staff and applicants can apply a consistent standard.
Staff member Evelisse told the board she is preparing legislation for real estate signs and asked members for recommendations to include. A board member said the current sign categories do not clearly fit yard-style real estate signs and suggested creating a new category or clarifying incidental-sign definitions. The transcript records a reference to “DRD, 55 20 25” as distinguishing real estate signage from sales-center signage; a board member asked whether the yard-sign descriptor could apply to real estate signs as temporary rigid yard signs.
Members also raised murals: one member noted recent murals in alleyways and on building backsides and said that although alley murals can be artistically valuable, the board should review murals before they are painted. Board members asked whether an exception had previously been granted (an anecdote that the mayor had allowed one alley mural) and requested staff clarify whether those murals fall within the board's jurisdiction. A member referred to a prior “tower review” process that had been used for some exceptions.
At the end of the discussion staff agreed to take the board's comments to Evelisse, who is drafting legislation; staff will bring updates and any recommended language back to the board. No formal vote or ordinance was adopted; the matter remains at the discussion and drafting stage.
