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Kissimmee advisory board recommends amended sign code, removes 12‑month real‑estate sign allowance
Summary
The Planning Advisory Board voted unanimously to recommend city commission adoption of updated sign code language that clarifies content‑neutral rules and removes a 12‑month allowance for real‑estate yard signs, keeping a general three‑month limit; staff will prepare the ordinance for first reading.
Ashley Cornellson, a long‑range planner with Development Services, told the Kissimmee Planning Advisory Board on Wednesday that proposed amendments to Land Development Code chapters 14‑2 (definitions) and 14‑11 (signs) are intended to make the rules content neutral and easier to use.
“We have standards for garage sale signs within our land development code…based on [the Supreme Court] determination, that is no longer allowed,” Cornellson said, and staff will convert specific categories such as “garage sale” into a more general “yard sign” category while continuing to regulate size, material and location. She said the revisions also consolidate standards spread across the downtown CRA overlay, the Vine Street overlay and the general sign code, and include more imagery to help business owners and the public navigate requirements.
Board members praised the cleanup but raised practical…
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