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Newport council advances zoning overlay to address off-premise sign lawsuit
Summary
The City Council approved first reading of ordinance 2025-06 to add overlay districts and tightly limit off-premise signage after a property owner sued over a rejected reader-board sign; proponents said the overlay would allow advertising in limited interstate-exit locations while preventing sign clustering.
Newport’s City Council approved consideration of the first reading of ordinance 2025-06 on Tuesday, a zoning change that would create overlay districts and narrowly permit off-premise advertising signs in limited commercial locations.
City attorney Terry Hurst and planning staff described the ordinance as a targeted response to a pending lawsuit from a sign company that asked to place a large reader-board sign on Cosby Highway. Planning staff said the sign did not meet…
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