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Winchester and Clark County approve zoning changes to allow sign confiscation, expand penalties
Summary
On second reading the city and county approved joint ordinances to permit immediate confiscation of signs placed in rights-of-way and to expand enforcement mechanisms to allow administrative citations and related remedies.
The Winchester City Commission, acting jointly with Clark County, approved two zoning ordinance amendments on second reading that change how sign violations and zoning enforcement will be handled.
The first joint ordinance amends sign regulations to allow immediate confiscation and termination of signs placed in public or private rights-of-way when in violation of the Winchester-Clark County Zoning Ordinance. The second joint ordinance updates penalties, allowing a breach of the zoning ordinance to be cited through the administrative hearing board and made subject to the remedies and fines associated with specified ordinances.
Both ordinances were read in summary and approved by voice votes. Commissioners signaled unanimous approval during the roll call-style voice votes recorded by the clerk.
The ordinances reference specific provisions and fines as read aloud at second reading; the transcript records ordinance cross-references and statutory citations in the language presented on the floor. The measures move enforcement authority toward administrative citation and immediate removal of certain signs in rights-of-way.
