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Inkster planners back updating billboard definition but oppose increasing cap
Summary
At a public hearing the Inkster Planning Commission voted to recommend the City Council revise the zoning definition of “billboard” to clarify digital and off‑site signs, but recommended against increasing the city’s cap from 12 to 16 sign faces, citing aesthetics, safety and resident concerns.
The Inkster Planning Commission on July 14 conducted a public hearing on a two‑part zoning text amendment that would modernize the city’s definition of “billboard” and raise the permitted number of sign faces from 12 to 16. After testimony from city staff and the applicant, the commission voted to recommend revising the definition but to oppose increasing the permitted number of billboards.
City planning staff introduced the proposal as a modernization effort. “The proposed new definition is a little bit more comprehensive,” the staff presenter said, explaining the draft would explicitly cover off‑site advertising and digital display technology as well as static signs. Staff said the change was largely housekeeping to reflect current advertising technologies.
Representatives for International Outdoor — attorney Ben Herrick and real‑estate associate Greg Miller — told the commission they had counted fewer…
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