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Planning Commission reviews draft sign-ordinance text amendments to comply with Reed v. Town of Gilbert, discusses temporary sign limits and enforcement
Summary
Planning staff presented draft Article 17 (sign ordinance) amendments to make rules content-neutral per Reed v. Town of Gilbert and proposed new limits for temporary signs, including a 30-day consecutive / 90-day annual cap for small temporary residential signs; commission asked for clarification on enforcement and outreach to the DDA/Chamber.
Planning staff presented draft text amendments to Article 17 of the City of Lapeer zoning ordinance Nov. 13 to make sign regulations content-neutral and to tighten temporary-sign display rules.
Ben Keller told the commission the amendments respond to the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on content-based restrictions. "We will regulate signs based on objective physical criteria such as duration, size, and placement rather than sign content," Keller said, summarizing the proposed change to the intent statement.
The draft removes specific content references (for example, employment or commercial advertising) and replaces them with objective criteria so the sign table can…
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