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Commission reviews draft sign ordinance language, flags state billboard changes
Summary
Members reviewed model sign rules (monument signs, illumination, digital signs) from nearby cities and discussed changes in state law that could widen billboard placement; commissioners plan to adapt model language and forward permit language to staff and the town's code reviewer.
The commission reviewed draft sign-ordinance language and discussed digital signage and billboard restrictions at its March 20 meeting.
The commission said it would draw on sample language from Wellsville and Smithfield for items including monument-sign setbacks, illumination limits, mounting and permit and inspection requirements. "They have got I like anything I could think of, but basics like monument signs being set back from the sidewalks, illumination things," a commissioner said, and suggested checking illumination rules against the town's quiet-hours and light-pollution concerns.
Commissioners discussed directional signs and allowances for larger signs in rural or farm settings. They also reviewed model restrictions for electronic signs: low luminosity, no scrolling, no flashing and limits on changes to avoid safety and light-pollution problems.
Members raised a state-law update they said could expand allowable billboard placements and make local control more limited; commissioners said they would contact the county to clarify the town's area-of-influence rights on billboard siting and would forward the draft permit language to the town's code reviewer, Paul, for technical input.
The commission did not take a final vote; staff will circulate a cut-and-paste draft to commissioners and Paul for review and return a recommended ordinance revision for future consideration.
