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Resident urges stricter enforcement of yard‑sign rules, says planners report no fines on file
Summary
At the public‑comment portion of the Aug. 25 meeting, a Lawrence resident urged the planning department to enforce city rules on signs in public rights of way and said the planning director told him there are no enforcement records; the resident asked the city to impose fines to address repeated violations.
A Lawrence resident told the Metropolitan Planning Commission on Aug. 25 that city rules on signs in public rights of way are not being consistently enforced and urged staff to impose fines for repeat violations.
"My name is Eric Hyde, 66046," Hyde said during general public comment. He told the commission he had visited the Planning and Development office after observing numerous yard sign violations in rights of way and easements across the city. "There are a lot of signs in those areas for political…
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