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Council trims election sign window to 30 days and adopts encroachment permit fees; council tweaks sign size
Summary
Council advanced a first reading to restrict election signs to 30 days before elections (down from 60), amended allowable sign size to 8 sq ft, and adopted an encroachment permit fee schedule intended to address increased right‑of‑way encroachments.
Chris Pettit briefed council on two sign‑ and right‑of‑way related items. For election signage, staff proposed changing the timeframe for placing campaign signs from 60 days before an election to 30 days; Pettit said the change is a "first step" while a more comprehensive sign‑code rewrite would be required to address clustering and enforcement. The council discussed enforcement and practical sign sizes and amended the proposal to allow signs up to 8 square feet before approving the first reading.
Earlier in the meeting Pettit also presented a second‑reading ordinance to establish encroachment permit fees for work in town rights‑of‑way, citing a marked increase in encroachments over the prior year and the need for dedicated resources for enforcement and processing; that ordinance passed by voice vote with no changes from first reading.
