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Council reviews sign code update for parks and public facilities; staff to publish revised draft and graphics
Summary
Staff presented first-phase amendments to the sign code covering parks, open space and public facilities, including exemptions, portable reader boards and larger incidental sign allowances for parks; council asked for clearer drafts and updated illustrations.
Duvall — City staff presented the first phase of a sign-code update that focuses on signs on parks, trails, open space and other public facilities and asked the council for early feedback before public hearings.
Community Development Director Thomas said the draft adds an allowance for portable reader boards in rights of way for city-sponsored events, increases incidental-sign allowances in parks and public facilities to 8 square feet, exempts sponsorship signage in parks to be governed by the field-rental policy, and consolidates several sign‑plan review processes into a master sign plan approved administratively. Thomas said updated figures and graphics are being prepared and a longer document (about 67 pages) is posted online for review.
Council members asked about whether the update would affect private business signs in Old Town and how wayfinding and blade signs would be regulated. Thomas said this phase is limited to public facilities and parks and would not reduce private-business sign protections; noncommercial and right-of-way political signs and other commercial sign rules will be considered in subsequent phases.
Other clarifications included: construction signs for city projects would be exempt from permit fees but must follow standards; community-event signage may be attached to city street fixtures rather than placed in a way that damages infrastructure; and insurance levels for some displays will be set annually by the city clerk rather than fixed in code. Thomas said Planning Commission review and public hearings are scheduled in May and the code will return to council for decision at the end of May.
Ending — Council asked staff to circulate the full draft and the spreadsheet comparison of edits to give members time to review before formal hearings and to produce clearer illustration graphics for the final packet.
