I'm afraid I oversold it.
There was a single bright spot in the 4-hour City Council workshop tonight: Many (maybe most) of the opinions about the proposed revision to the Sign Ordinance were brought up. All the citizens who testified did a good job; so did the staff. I think we now know what areas need further study and documentation.
Unfortunately, the City Council sleep-walked through it. Come on, guys. You weren't elected to sit up there and mumble platitudes about being flexible. The obvious answer about what to next was "break up the problem into decidable issues and dig into them." I won't pre-suppose an outcome. There may be room for a "Sale this weekend" exception to the temporary sign provision. There may be a good reason to build signs so high they can be seen from any place in town. But just "being flexible" is what got this city the reputation of being ugly in the first place and is another way of saying "we don't want to make a decision."
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