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Planning Board narrows draft sign ordinance: 50‑square‑foot permit threshold and 5‑second electronic display agreed
Summary
The board reviewed an updated sign ordinance draft, agreed by unanimous consent to keep a 50‑square‑foot permit threshold and later endorsed a 5‑second minimum display for electronic/changeable signs; members also discussed brightness limits, enforcement, nonconforming signs and a variance process.
The Planning Board reviewed an updated sign ordinance draft and made several policy choices to narrow the town’s approach to changeable and electronic signs.
By unanimous consent the board kept a 50‑square‑foot threshold for when a permit is required, matching a state permitting size referenced during the meeting. Later in discussion the board endorsed shortening electronic/changeable sign display intervals: Brian, a town staff member, explained that state rules set a default that a changeable display may be changed no more than once every 20 minutes unless…
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