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Commission asks staff for more analysis before relaxing billboard distance rules

Shelbyville Planning Commission · January 23, 2026
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Summary

After staff proposed aligning the city's billboard-distance rules with TDOT/state standards, commissioners expressed concern about lowering local standards and asked for comparative research and a workshop; a motion to have staff return with further information carried.

Planning staff presented a proposed text amendment to Shelbyville’s sign code (Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 14, Section 4-14-06) to align local billboard distance regulations with state (TDOT) standards following a BZA review that identified multiple potentially noncompliant signs. Staff said adopting the…

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