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Consultants outline Liberty Lake sign-code update, stress content neutrality and context-sensitive rules
Summary
Consultants from BART Consulting and Michelle Ellsworth presented a draft approach to updating Liberty Lake's sign code, emphasizing content neutrality, pedestrian versus vehicular context, temporary-sign rules and clearer definitions for monument and development signage.
At the Feb. 26 meeting of the Liberty Lake Planning Commission, consulting planners led a workshop on revisions to the city—s sign code, saying the update will clarify how signs are regulated while complying with recent legal rulings.
Firdress Oniza, who said she goes by Oniza and identified herself as project manager for the sign-code effort with BART Consulting, opened the presentation and framed the project—s purpose: "the purpose of your sign code is, to enhance the visual environment of the city, also to protect public health, safety, and welfare, and, effectively communicate." Michelle Ellsworth, a consultant assisting on the project, described technical standards the team is reviewing, including Federal Highway Administration guidance on legibility and letter height.
The consultants…
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