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Commission reviews comprehensive rewrite of Bedford sign ordinance; no action taken
Summary
Commissioners and staff discussed a full rewrite of Bedford's sign ordinance — covering maintenance, nonconforming signs, pole/pylon restrictions, monument sign sizes, reader-board limits, and special sign districts — and asked staff to return with revisions; the item was a workshop and no vote was taken.
On March 26 the Bedford Planning and Zoning Commission held an extended workshop on a proposed comprehensive rewrite of the city's sign ordinance. Staff described the rewrite as an overhaul of the ordinance last substantially updated in 2012 and asked for feedback on substantive changes including maintenance, sign types, spacing, and temporary sign rules.
Staff outlined key goals: allow businesses to advertise while protecting public safety and the city's appearance. Among the major proposed changes, staff said the draft strengthens maintenance and removal requirements for abandoned or deteriorated signs; it would prohibit new pole or monopole signs on non‑freeway frontage and limit pylon signs to freeway frontage, and it would…
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