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Arkansas City meeting approves tighter rules for billboards and bans electronic displays
Summary
After a public hearing, the commission approved amendments to Article 27 of the sign regulations that lower maximum billboard height to 25 feet, reduce permitted area to 300 square feet, ban flashing/electronic displays and increase minimum spacing between off-premise signs to 800 feet.
At a public meeting in Arkansas City, members voted unanimously to adopt amendments to Article 27 of the city’s sign regulations following a public hearing and staff presentation. The changes cut the allowable height for off-premise billboards from 50 feet to 25 feet and reduced the maximum total sign area from 750 square feet to 300 square feet (150 square feet per side).
The changes were introduced by a staff member who said the revisions stem from a previously denied billboard application and public feedback earlier this year. The staff summary said the amendments remove an interior-sign regulation, clarify that…
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