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Committee approves extension of awning amnesty to existing signs, allows solid security gates for small businesses

5108031 · June 30, 2025
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The committee recommended changes to expand the city’s awning amnesty to include existing unpermitted signs and gates and to allow 100% solid security gates to close out planning-code violation complaints, citing repeat vandalism and burglaries affecting small businesses.

The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted 3-0 to recommend an ordinance that extends the city’s awning amnesty to existing unpermitted signs and security gates and removes certain design standards for gates, railings and grillwork on ground-floor street frontages in non-historic buildings.

Katie Tang, director of the Office of Small Business, said the amendment would let businesses that installed gates without permits…

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