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Planning commission backs content‑neutral sign‑ordinance changes, moves amendments to City Commission
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend text amendments to the city sign ordinance to ensure content neutrality under Reed v. Town of Gilbert, to simplify temporary sign rules and to adjust allowances for string lights and small political signs; staff will forward the package to the City Commission with edits agreed at the hearing.
At its Feb. 12 meeting the Lapeer City Planning Commission recommended that the City Commission consider a package of text amendments to the City sign ordinance (Article 17) and related zoning sections to ensure content neutrality and streamline temporary sign rules.
Planner Ben explained the changes are intended to align the local code with the Supreme Court’s Reed v. Town of Gilbert decision (which requires content neutrality), to simplify the temporary sign table, and to…
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