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Bothell planning commission reviews content-neutral sign code updates
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The Bothell Planning Commission held a study session March 5 on proposed changes to the city's sign code intended to ensure the code is content neutral and consistent with recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, planner Megan Rigney told the commission.
The Bothell Planning Commission held a study session March 5 on proposed changes to the city's sign code intended to ensure the code is content neutral and consistent with recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, planner Megan Rigney told the commission.
Rigney said the work now under way is a phase 1 "legal update" intended to remove content-based distinctions in Bothell Municipal Code Chapter 12.22 and to eliminate the code's on-premise versus off-premise distinctions. "This is a phase 1 legal update of the sign code," Rigney said.
The changes are aimed at complying with Reed v. Town of Gilbert and related decisions, Rigney said. Under the draft language, sections that identified signs by message or purpose'for example, separate rules for real estate and campaign signs'have been deleted or combined to avoid…
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