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Commission debates temporary‑sign limits, nonconforming treatment and enforcement
Summary
Commissioners discussed duration, counts and removal authority for temporary signs, debated abandoning three‑year removal rules for nonconforming signs, and agreed staff should propose clearer enforcement and appeal procedures.
Commissioners and staff spent significant time discussing temporary signage and the city’s approach to nonconforming signs. For temporary signs (yard sales, real estate, grand openings, construction), staff proposed a table of types and optional maximum durations and numbers; commissioners suggested using event‑relative rules (for example, removal within one week after an event) and a 60‑day cap for some temporary categories used by other cities.
On nonconforming signs, staff explained the current code treats nonconforming signs as losing status after three years. Commissioners expressed a preference for a shorter abandonment window (several favored 12 months) and for grandfathering signs that are maintained and not enlarged. Regarding removal authority, staff said the city may remove signs in the public right of way and that property owners may remove signs located in front of their own property. "If it's in the right of way, the property owner can remove it," staff said. The commission asked staff to draft clearer enforcement, notice and appeal procedures before rescheduling a public hearing.
