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Commission debates mural rules and how to limit text without violating free-speech law
Summary
Staff proposed a 'message unit' approach to allow limited text in murals while avoiding content regulation. Commissioners asked to pilot conservative message-unit caps and requested visual examples and font-size guidance.
The Garden City Planning Commission discussed new mural rules that attempt to permit artistic murals while limiting the amount of textual messaging to avoid running afoul of free-speech protections.
Staff explained that recent court rulings limit a municipality’s ability to regulate mural content and presented a compromise: define a "message unit" (a word, number,…
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