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North Bend planning commission debates sign-code overhaul, grapples with graffiti, fines and temporary-sign rules
Summary
Planning staff presented proposed changes to the city's sign code, including maintenance, nonconforming signs, and enforcement. Commissioners pressed for clearer fines, a specific holding location for removed signs, separate graffiti rules (48-hour removal), and clarification on demolition permits for tall ground-mounted signs.
Planning staff presented a package of proposed revisions to North Bend's sign regulations at the Planning Commission's Dec. 3 meeting, and commissioners spent more than an hour probing enforcement, timelines and definitions.
Caitlin, a planning staff member, told commissioners the city re-released a sign-code survey on Nov. 19 that will run through Dec. 17 and said, "we've already doubled our responses" (from roughly 17 to about 36). She said staff expects to incorporate comments and "anticipate[s] sending this to legal by the end of the week" before drafting residential sign standards and additional commercial provisions.
Commissioners focused on several points that staff said they would clarify or change before a formal legal review. They asked for consistent capitalization of…
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