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Council pauses billboard permitting for 12 months amid legal appeal and zoning rewrite
Summary
Spartanburg planning staff requested and council approved a 12-month moratorium on approving new off-premise advertising signs while an appeal of the 2011 sign-ordinance interpretation moves through the Board of Zoning Appeals and possibly circuit court; staff said the moratorium will allow clearer interpretation and feed into a comprehensive zoning rewrite.
Planning staff asked council to pause permitting for new off-premise advertising signs for 12 months while an applicant’s challenge to the city’s 2011 sign-ordinance interpretation proceeds through the Board of Zoning Appeals and, if necessary, circuit court.
Mister Kohler (planning staff) summarized the 2011 ordinance's approach: it created an inventory of existing billboards, allowed replacement where…
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