Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Signs topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council speaker urges enforcement of city sign ordinance; signs in right-of-way will be removed
Summary
A council member relayed a public message that signs—political or commercial—placed in the public right-of-way will be removed without notice and taken to the street department; letters were sent to political parties and realtors advising them of the enforcement.
A council member asked the public to remove signs from city rights-of-way and said the city will remove and store such signs, then dispose of them if not reclaimed.
The speaker addressed the council and the public, saying the mayor asked him to relay that the city is enforcing its sign ordinance. He said letters had been sent to both political parties and to realtors advising them of the enforcement. The speaker warned that “if it is in or on the public right away, which could be city, could be state, we will take it down. We will remove it.” He added that removed signs “will be taken to the street department, and they will be there in the dump area” until disposed of, and that removal may incur costs.
The speaker said the policy applies to commercial signs as well as political signs, and gave the example of a vacation Bible school sign: “if it's in the right of way, we're pulling it up because that violates the sign on it.”
The transcript records an announcement and notice to the public but does not show a council vote or ordinance amendment during the meeting. Residents with questions were told letters and a paper notice had been sent and to contact city staff for details.
