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Committee tightens rules on election signs in right-of-way, aligns with county and DOT practice
Summary
The committee voted to amend Germantown Municipal Code section 9.19 to disallow vertical election signs in the public right-of-way and to rely on GIS-based measurements for enforcement, with staff to post guidance for candidates and the public.
The Germantown Public Works Committee approved an ordinance amendment to section 9.19 of the Germantown Municipal Code that disallows vertical election campaign signs in the public right-of-way and directs staff to use GIS measurements to determine right-of-way lines for enforcement.
Staff said the existing code had exceptions that allowed signs in the right of way with adjacent property-owner permission, a provision staff and trustees called difficult to administer. "What's very common ... is to just…
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