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Business owners ask commission to review sign ordinance after notice to Lotus Up
Summary
Lotus Up owner Jamie Gilface asked the commission to reexamine the city’s sign ordinance and enforcement practices after receiving a nonconformance notice; commissioners agreed to involve Planning & Zoning and Historic Preservation in a working group.
Jamie Gilface, owner of Lotus Up Espresso, told the commission on May 19 she received a city letter alleging sign-code nonconformance and said she and legal counsel could not find where her sign violated the ordinance. Gilface asked whether downtown banners that the city installs for promotional and historic purposes are treated differently than business banners and urged the city to consider affordability and fairness for small businesses.
Gilface described costs for replacement signage—"a simple banner…
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