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Planning commission hears DMC 14.5 sign-code amendments; staff favors city‑sponsored banner option
Summary
City planning staff presented proposed updates to DMC 14.5 to make sign rules content‑neutral, reduce permits for many temporary signs, and offer three banner approaches (allow all, ban, or city‑sponsored). The presentation was informational; the draft will return for public hearings before the planning commission and city council.
City planning staff presented proposed amendments to DMC Chapter 14.5 on sign regulations and asked the planning commission for early feedback; no vote was taken. The presentation explained the updates respond to recent court decisions and aim to make the sign code content‑neutral while simplifying administration and reducing visual clutter.
The staff presenter said the draft consolidates prohibited and exempt sign categories, clarifies the calculation of sign area (for wall signs, a percentage of facade area), and restructures the temporary‑sign section. "We are removing content based regulation," the presenter said, describing changes that would stop treating political signs differently from…
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