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Wheat Ridge to ease some local sign rules; staff to craft code mindful of First Amendment limits
Summary
Council gave staff consensus to advance local sign-code amendments that would add flexibility for wall signs, allow murals while avoiding content regulation, permit limited roof signs where needed, expand window-sign allowances, and clarify fixed-character changeable-copy signs; staff will draft defensible language considering Reed v. Gilbert constraints.
The Wheat Ridge City Council on Feb. 2 agreed to advance a package of local sign-code amendments intended to give businesses more flexibility while respecting free-speech legal constraints.
Staff said the proposals would allow wall signs to face internal public spaces where appropriate without increasing overall…
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