For example in an election cycle, as we are currently in, where there are multiple races and multiple candidates it may be too restrictive to allow only two signs per parcel. Also questioned was the US Constitution’s First Amendment rights and the restrictive ordinances impacts on those rights. For all of these reasons the city council at their September 25th meeting suspended the ordinance in relation to political signage only- not commercial advertising. Now complaints have been coming into city hall about the amount of temporary signs placed to advertise local merchant’s sales. These signs, within the city limits have been removed by city staff and the involved businesses have been asked to refrain from replacing the signs. According to Manager Daly the decision to remove the signs by staff was made by him and now the staff has been instructed to not allow such signs. It will take time for the city council to modify the ordinance and reapprove a new sign policy for political advertising, however, all other components of the current sign policy and in full force. For any questions contact the City at 223-1646.
