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Atoka board approves short-term moratorium on right-of-way sign prohibition amid complaints about enforcement
Summary
After weeks of complaints about selective removal of political signs, the Atoka Town Board voted 4–2 to temporarily suspend the portion of town code that bars political signs in public rights of way until shortly after the Nov. 2024 election; the moratorium does not affect 100-foot statutory buffers.
The Atoka Town Board voted 4–2 on Oct. 15 to place a temporary moratorium on the code sentence that prohibits political signs in public rights of way, a move members said was needed to address perceived inconsistent enforcement during an active election period.
Pam Gibbons, a resident who spoke during public comment, asked the board for an accounting of the cost and process after staff removed political signs in parts of town. "I just want kind of a total number of costs that this little episode cost the town," she said, and asked…
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