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Big Bear Lake Planning Commission backs faster enforcement for temporary and political signs
Summary
The commission voted 5–0 to send a revised development-code amendment to city council that moves many sign-enforcement hearings from the Planning Commission to the city manager or designee, shortens timelines and allows quicker removal of blatant violations while preserving due-process safeguards.
The Big Bear Lake Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt a development-code amendment to streamline enforcement of temporary noncommercial signs, including political signs, and to relocate the applicable rules into a new chapter of the municipal code.
Planning associate Garrett Brodsky told the commission the amendment (Development Code Amendment 2025-005) would relocate subparagraph r of section 17.12.050 into a newly created chapter 12.92 and shorten the enforcement timeline. "Currently the process from beginning to end can take anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks," Garrett said. "The streamlined process will take approximately 2 to 3 weeks." The change would generally shift final administrative determinations from the Planning Commission to the city manager or the manager's designee or third-party hearing officer in some cases.
The amendment is staff-recomm…
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