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Lompoc Council approves sign code change allowing feather flags for large developments in 3–2 vote
Summary
After heated debate over safety and fairness to small businesses, the Lompoc City Council voted 3–2 to amend the city sign code to allow temporary feather flags and expanded tenant signage for project sites of one acre or larger, a change developers said would aid home marketing while some council members warned of distracted driving and inequity.
The Lompoc City Council voted 3–2 to approve amendments to the city’s sign ordinance that allow temporary ‘‘feather’’ flags and broaden tenant facade signage for development sites that are one acre or larger.
Planning staff introduced the change as a clarification to temporary sign rules and to permit tenants in multi-tenant buildings to have signs on each facade. Planning staff noted the code change was intended to allow developers of larger projects — such as the River Terrace subdivision — to use temporary advertising that the current code effectively prohibited.
Developer representative Mike Badner of Williams Homes told the council that temporary banners and flags help customers find sales…
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