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Council tables billboard ordinance after sign industry and residents seek clarity
Summary
Planning staff proposed tighter rules and a moratorium on new billboards and a compliance program for nonconforming signs; sign companies and contractors said they were not properly notified and asked for the city’s inventory and photos of noncompliant structures, and the council agreed to continue the item for more review.
Hammond planning staff proposed an ordinance to add requirements for billboards to the Unified Development Code, including a moratorium on new billboards, grandfathering of existing permitted locations and steps for bringing nonconforming signs into compliance. The Planning & Zoning Commission had recommended no new billboards and staff said they had prepared a photo inventory of all signs in the city.
Sign industry representatives told the…
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