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Planning commission backs sign code revisions for murals, portable signs and electronic displays
Summary
The commission voted to recommend City Council adopt amendments to Bend’s sign code to allow mounted murals, limited portable signs, modest electronic sign elements and higher wall-sign heights on taller buildings.
The Bend Planning Commission on June 9 recommended that City Council adopt revisions to Chapter 9.5 of the Bend Development Code that would update rules for murals, portable signs, electronic components and wall-sign height.
Amy Berry, principal planner for the city, presented the legislative package and told commissioners it implements council direction to examine murals and portable signs and to clean up other code provisions. She said the proposal would allow mural panels up to three inches thick to be mounted to buildings (still subject to structural and building-code review), permit downtown-style portable A-frame signs in nonresidential areas under a simple registration and spacing rules, authorize limited electronic components (for example, up…
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