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Shelton commission adopts comprehensive sign‑code updates, clarifies enforcement and fee language
Summary
The Shelton Planning and Zoning Commission adopted broad text amendments to Section 44 (signs) to modernize definitions, enforcement procedures, illumination limits and fee handling for after‑the‑fact sign applications; commissioners and counsel discussed limits on regulating message content and delegated administrative fee language.
The Shelton Planning and Zoning Commission on April 27 adopted comprehensive amendments to Section 44 of the zoning regulations governing signs, updating definitions, application and review procedures, enforcement authority, illumination and brightness standards, prohibited sign types, temporary and portable signs, window signage and multi‑tenant building signage.
Staff and the assigned subcommittee explained three major drivers behind the rewrite: a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision…
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