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Del City enacts temporary billboard moratorium, advances zoning changes and approves police body‑camera renewal
Summary
At its May 5 meeting Del City Council adopted a two‑week moratorium on new billboards, approved amendments on bail bonds and site design, tabled a full sign-code rewrite until May 19, and approved a police body-camera renewal; the municipal services authority denied a wastewater monitoring MOU.
Del City City Council on May 5 approved a temporary moratorium on new off‑premise billboards, advanced several planning-and-zoning amendments and renewed the police department’s body‑worn camera agreement. Separately, the Del City Municipal Services Authority (DCMSA) voted to deny a proposed memorandum of understanding for a wastewater monitoring program.
Moratorium on billboards
The council adopted Ordinance No. 1440 to establish a temporary moratorium on the acceptance, processing and approval of applications for new billboards under the city’s planning and zoning appendix. The council first voted to approve the ordinance without the emergency clause, then separately voted to declare an emergency allowing immediate enforcement. The measures passed unanimously.
Sign-code rewrite tabled
The council voted to table Ordinance No. 1441 (a comprehensive repeal-and-replace of…
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