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Council discusses sign-code impacts for new businesses; grant money may help A-frame compliance
Summary
Councilmembers discussed proposed sign-code changes and said grant funds from Habitat could help small businesses afford compliant A-frame or temporary signage; staff noted temporary signs for new businesses are allowed until the second business-license renewal (about one to two years).
Midway City Council members on June 3 discussed concerns from business owners about the cost of meeting new sign-code requirements and asked staff to consider ways to soften the transition for existing or new small businesses.
Councilmember (unnamed) said a few business owners approached staff and suggested a townwide, attractive, uniform A-frame design as a compromise that would meet the city's aesthetic goals while being affordable. The council noted that Habitat (referred to in the meeting) has some grant money that could be used as seed funding to help businesses buy compliant A-frame signs.
City staff clarified that permanent signs already approved are legal and grandfathered; temporary signs are permitted for new businesses and may be used until the second business-license renewal, which means between about one and two years. Councilmembers asked staff to include the sign topic on the next meeting agenda for further discussion and to identify criteria for any local grant assistance.
Next steps: staff to place the sign-code item on the next agenda, draft potential criteria for a small-business sign grant or seed fund, and follow up with Habitat and affected business owners.
