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Local business leaders urge Rexburg to reexamine impact fees and sign rules to boost growth
Summary
Business representatives and a local developer urged the council to review high upfront impact and hookup fees and consider sign‑code changes to allow maintenance or cap‑and‑replace exceptions for existing billboards, arguing current costs could deter new businesses.
Business representatives and a local developer told the Rexburg City Council that high upfront impact, hookup and permitting fees — and restrictive sign language in the current sign code — can make it difficult for new firms to locate in the city.
Michael Malcolm of YESCO told the council the current sign code effectively forbids off‑premise advertising and, as written, prevents rebuilding or upgrading existing billboard structures if they are damaged or need maintenance. "I'm not trying to add more billboards into the community," Malcolm said, "but just simply to to consider the ability to keep the signs that are in…
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