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Staff to research sign-ordinance options; chair says chamber can help promote compliant advertising
Summary
Officials discussed enforcement of current sign rules and possible numeric or material limits on permitted signage; the chair noted that the local chamber of commerce could help businesses navigate promotion and compliance while staff drafts ordinance options.
Participants discussed enforcement issues, 'bandit' signs, and material standards that affect what can be permitted. A staff member cautioned that sign materials and required framing/bases could make low-cost amateur signage noncompliant, and that enforcement has already removed unauthorized signs in some locations. "So that property owner that you might be across the street from...has to do this more costly strip center sign," the staff member said while explaining material/installation requirements.
The chair observed that assisting local businesses with promotion and compliance may fall within the chamber of commerce's purview, suggesting a nonregulatory route to help entrepreneurs while staff prepares ordinance options. "A thought to that too is that, really, that's kind of the chamber's purview," the chair said. The meeting concluded with staff committing to research other municipalities' ordinances and return with options for limits, language and enforcement approaches; the chair then adjourned the meeting at 9:09 a.m.
No formal vote or ordinance adoption occurred; the governing body recorded no action on executive-session items and took no immediate regulatory steps at this meeting.
