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Commission delays temporary-signage ordinance after complaints about developer signage
Summary
Commissioners heard complaints about numerous large temporary signs placed by developers and agreed to table an ordinance rewrite to give staff time to craft rules balancing developers' marketing needs and neighborhood aesthetics; the commission asked staff to examine enforcement and parcel-based sign allowances.
Commissioners on Aug. 6 agreed to table an ordinance update on temporary signage after discussing rampant use of large sales signs and flags along 113th and 117th by builders and developers.
Commissioners said the current pattern — multiple large signs and promotional flags along corridors — strains neighborhood aesthetics and indicated there may be code gaps or enforcement shortfalls. One commissioner argued signs on different parcels were still creating the visual clutter the ordinance aimed to prevent; others said staff should prepare ordinance language that provides reasonable exceptions for development marketing while limiting the quantity, size and placement of temporary signs.
Staff will return with a draft ordinance after further review; the commission voted 3–0 to table the item.
