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Downtown property owner urges Main Street advisory board changes and more permissive historic sign rules
Summary
Property owner Richard Farris Jr. told the council that Main Street Advisory Board members should be property owners and complained the board rejected a sign application for his 112 East Oak Street building; he urged the council to change membership rules and relax sign restrictions to allow historically accurate signage.
Richard Farris Jr., a downtown property owner who identified himself as owner of Farris Investors LLC, used the Jan. 23 public-comment period to press the City Council to require that all Main Street Advisory Board members own property in the Main Street district and to revise the downtown sign ordinance.
Farris said non-property-owner board members "don't have anything at risk" and therefore can make recommendations that affect owners without bearing the…
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