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Planning board to draft sign-permit clarifications and review driveway rules after local complaints
Summary
Following business complaints about window signage and a request on driveway sight-line rules, the board directed staff to draft a clearer sign-permit process for the historic district and to propose small zoning fixes for the fall town meeting.
On June 8 the Manchester-by-the-Sea Planning Board discussed recent correspondence from local businesses about signage in the historic district and an inquiry about driveway line-of-sight rules, and directed staff to draft clarifying bylaw language.
A board member described a recent call with the building supervisor that revealed the town currently does not require a sign permit in many circumstances. "Basically we don't require number one, a signed permit," she said, and the board noted that in the historic district a permit would require review by the Historic Commission. Members asked staff to prepare a first draft of a sign-permit process and potential bylaw amendments for the fall town meeting that would clarify exemptions (for recreation facilities, temporary banners, etc.) and any historic-district sign procedures.
The board also noted a driveway-regulation comment (sight-line at intersections) and asked staff to confirm existing standards and, if needed, propose language for the fall warrant. Staff said the sign bylaw already includes restrictions (no flashing signs, size limits for real-estate signs), but that process clarifications would be useful.
The board directed staff to draft sign-permit language and include other minor zoning clarifications for the fall town meeting packet.
