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Board instructs staff to revisit countywide ban on digital signs, seek narrow exceptions
Summary
After hearing that the 2025 sign ordinance's digital-sign ban unintentionally blocked desired directory and community event displays, the Board directed staff to draft a resolution of intention to amend the zoning chapter with targeted exceptions and objective permitting criteria.
PLACERVILLE, Calif. — The Board of Supervisors directed staff to prepare a resolution of intention (ROI) to revisit the county’s 2025 sign ordinance provisions that largely banned digital signage, an action prompted by community feedback that the earlier text was overbroad.
Background: The county adopted sign-ordinance amendments in September 2025 that generally prohibited digital signs except in narrowly specified circumstances. Since adoption, developers and property managers in El Dorado Hills and other commercial centers said the ban inadvertently removed useful, low-impact displays (tenant directories and…
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