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Belmar council reviews draft sign ordinance, presses for plain-language rules and ADA safeguards
Summary
Councilors and staff spent the workshop reviewing a draft sign ordinance that would alter permitting steps, allow sandwich-board and flutter flags with limits, and require clearer guidance on right-of-way, ADA access and construction standards.
Belmar’s mayor and council spent the workshop session focused on a draft sign ordinance that councilors said they want to simplify and clarify before formal introduction. Council member (speaker 5) introduced the draft and asked that it be put on the next meeting agenda and sent to the planning board for comment.
The discussion centered on the permit flow and the role of the borough’s sign committee. Council member (speaker 4) asked whether applications should be made to an "administrative officer" or directly to the zoning officer; councilors and staff clarified the practical step would be that applications are received and first routed to the sign committee for comment, then reviewed by…
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