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Planning commission holds extended study session on new sign ordinance; staff to form ad hoc committee
Summary
The Sonoma Planning Commission reviewed a comprehensive draft sign ordinance on June 17 that would create administrative sign permits, tighten some prohibitions (flashing/animated/billboard signs), and require master sign programs for parcels with multiple businesses.
The planning commission devoted a major portion of its June 17 meeting to a study session on a proposed sign ordinance. Staff presented a draft that would: create administrative (ministerial) sign permits for many permanent signs; clarify exemptions for routine repair or face changes; require a master sign program for parcels with two or more businesses; prohibit billboards; and tighten restrictions on flashing, moving or electronic display signs.
Associate planner Jacob Dunn and Community Development Director Jennifer Gates summarized the draft’s key points. Staff said portable and temporary signs would be regulated by the proposed code but that changes to an existing sign face (for example,…
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