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Villa Rica planning commission approves sign-code changes, raises review fee
Summary
The commission approved text amendments updating sign permit fees, removing a sticker requirement, adding framed borders for wall signs, clarifying temporary sign setbacks, and requiring inflatable signs to be ground‑anchored. The changes passed unanimously after a public hearing.
The Villa Rica Planning Commission on Jan. 8 approved a package of sign-code amendments that raise the review fee, remove a fading sticker requirement, add minimum framed-border standards for wall signs, clarify temporary-sign setbacks from rights of way and require inflatable advertising objects to be erected on the ground.
The measures, presented by Zoning Administrator Sean Daniels, passed unanimously after a public hearing and a motion to approve the text amendments with the changes discussed at the meeting. Sean Daniels said the edits “will just make everything a little bit more clear and up to date, especially with the practices that we already are doing today.”
The ordinance changes include a proposed increase in the sign-review fee from $25 to $50; Daniels said that neighboring jurisdictions…
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