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Commission begins review of residential yard‑sign ordinance ahead of political season
Summary
Commissioners reviewed draft language and prior work on yard‑sign regulation, discussing guardrails such as aggregate square footage and size limits, enforcement challenges, and constitutional constraints on timing; staff will compile prior drafts and continue the review at a future meeting.
The commission revisited work on a residential yard‑sign ordinance intended to provide guardrails before the next political season.
A village staff member said the aim is to have the ordinance ready before the fall and noted that the commission has several hundred pages of prior draft work to review. Commissioners and staff stressed the need for enforceable rules that respect constitutional free‑speech protections. "We can't tell people they cannot have the signs, but we can regulate how they use them," one participant summarized, describing typical zoning limits on size and quantity rather than timing.
One commissioner urged practical, enforceable standards: suggestions discussed included an aggregate total signage area (an example figure discussed was 32 square feet total per property) and limits on the number and size of signs so that code enforcement can act on complaints. Staff noted that existing code technically limits most yard signs but that enforcement has been difficult in practice.
The commission agreed to gather and digitize prior drafts and to continue the discussion at a future meeting after members have had time to review the materials.
