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ULDC committee hears overview of sign-code constraints; staff to return a revised draft
Summary
Staff outlined limits the town faces when regulating signs, including exceptions for bona fide farm signs and constitutional limits on content regulation, and said a new sign code will be drafted for committee review.
Town planning staff told the ULDC Committee that a revised sign code will be needed and that the town faces unique challenges because of large residential lots and farms in the jurisdiction.
At the Feb. 10 meeting staff explained that bona fide agricultural operations and agritourism-related farm signage are largely outside municipal regulation, and that constitutional protections prohibit regulations that treat sign content differently. Staff said those constraints require a tailored approach to temporary residential signs, political signage, and master sign plans for multi-tenant developments.
"You cannot regulate content," a staff presenter told the committee while explaining how a seasonal display exemption can be used to display messages that would otherwise be…
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