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Southern Pines planning staff revises sign code to emphasize content neutrality; public hearing continued
Summary
Planning staff presented a package of sign-code changes aimed at bringing Southern Pines’ Unified Development Ordinance into line with U.S. Supreme Court rulings on content neutrality. Council heard questions about political sign timing and enforcement and continued the hearing to Aug. 26 for further edits.
Planning Director BJ Grieve told the Southern Pines Town Council on Aug. 12 that a package of text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance’s sign rules is intended primarily to make the town’s regulations content neutral and compliant with recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent. Grieve said that the changes translate use-based carve-outs into zoning-district rules and that staff consulted legal reviewers before drafting the language.
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