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