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Port Richey workshop reviews broad rewrite of city sign code; businesses press for digital, temporary-sign clarity
Summary
City staff presented a proposed rewrite of Port Richeysign regulations; public commenters from sign contractors and small businesses asked for clearer definitions for activated (digital) signs, sandwich-board placement and window signs, and raised safety and economic concerns.
City staff opened a public workshop on a proposed rewrite of Port Richey City sign regulations, laying out broad changes that would treat temporary signs uniformly, ban several categories of signs and tighten rules for nonconforming signs.
The proposals presented would remove content-based labels (for example "political" versus other temporary signs) and make compliance depend on physical characteristics, such as size, height, setback and duration. Staff said permit applications would be reviewed within 30 days and a new appeal process would be created for disputes over building official decisions.
The rewrite would also ban certain sign types citywide, according to the presentation: inflatable signs and devices, vehicle signs used as stationary advertising, roof signs, projected-light signs, signs that obstruct visibility or traffic signals, and new billboards/off-site advertising. Nonconforming signs would need to be removed or brought into compliance within 90 days after an ordinancepassage, the presentation said.
Del Aitcheson, owner of PASCO Signs and Printing,…
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