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Council tables temporary‑sign rules revision after debate over feather flags and inflatables
Summary
Council directed staff to return with more options and tabled Ordinance 25S004, a proposed amendment that would have prohibited inflatable balloon signs, allowed feather flags with size/height limits and reduced cumulative allowable temporary sign days.
Schertz City Council postponed action on a proposed unified development code amendment that would change how temporary and wind‑driven signs are regulated. Staff presented Ordinance 25S004, which proposed to prohibit inflatable balloon signs and allow feather flags subject to size, height and time limits; following extended discussion the council voted to table the item and asked staff to return with additional options.
Planning Manager Emily Delgado outlined staff’s draft compromise: prohibit balloon/inflatable signs, treat feather flags as the only permitted wind‑driven sign, limit most temporary signs to 24 square feet while capping feather flags at 16 square feet, reduce maximum height for most temporary signs to 4 feet while allowing feather flags up to 8 feet, and reduce the cumulative allowable temporary sign time to 120 days per calendar year (interpreted as cumulative across signs). The draft would increase the number of temporary signs allowed on a single business property from two to three but limit the total days and provide a “recurring event” permit (15 occurrences of two‑day increments) to accommodate recurring community events.
Council members expressed differing views. Mayor Pro Tem Hayward and some councillors argued that wind signs (including feather flags) create clutter and distract drivers; others, including Council member Brown, said limited temporary signs help small businesses attract customers and supported a compromise. Staff noted permits would be issued in 30‑day windows and that the full signage code (Article 11) is being rewritten; staff recommended folding any agreed changes into the larger rewrite for presentation in April. Council member Guerrero moved to table the ordinance and asked staff to return with additional options; Council member Watson seconded. The motion to table passed 5–0.
Ending: Staff will return with additional signage options as part of a full rewrite of Article 11, with a planned presentation in April.
