Council tables sign-code amendment after public concerns about language and notice

City staff described the proposed sign-code amendment as largely "housekeeping"—moving temporary signs to a permitted category, clarifying that development signs must be on-site, adjusting permit fees, and reconciling table entries for SC 1 with the existing SC 1 section. Planner/staff (S8) told council that an earlier package contained an error and that the corrected text retained existing multi-tenant standards for SC 1.

Paul Taylor, a public commenter, urged caution, saying the amendment's table could be read to limit SC 1 freestanding multi-tenant sign area to 16 square feet and 25 feet in height instead of the existing 250 square feet and 35 feet, and asked that the stakeholder group be given time to review a corrected document. "If the intent is actually to impose a 16 square foot limitation, then we should be then we would be making a zoning district designed specifically for shopping centers...that is more restrictive than any commercial district in Jackson for signage," Taylor said. Council members expressed mixed views; several supported delaying for transparency and public review. A motion to table the ordinance for a month passed with a recorded tally of 8 in favor and 1 abstention.