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Peoria council takes first step to modernize sign code, updates billboard inventory to 83
Summary
Council received and filed a first reading of amendments to the Unified Development Code to make temporary and permanent sign rules content‑neutral, lower some sign heights and update the city’s billboard inventory to 83 signs; staff said the changes aim to align local rules with a 2015 Supreme Court ruling and to allow limited replacement of nonconforming billboards.
The Peoria City Council on March 24 received and filed a first reading of proposed amendments to the city’s Unified Development Code governing signs, a package staff said is meant to bring local rules into compliance with a 2015 Supreme Court decision on content‑neutral regulation.
Leah Allison, assistant community development director, told the council staff proposes classifying temporary signs as commercial or noncommercial and regulating…
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