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AGENDA ITEM VI. B • STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser P & Z MEETING DATE: March9�, 2005 TOPIC: Temporary Signage BACKGROUND The P & Z has been discussing the issue of temporary signage since January 2003. The purpose is to prepare an amendment to the sign ordinance to clearly address the issues involved. We have made progress by agreeing on how to regulate portable signs and banners. Several other temporary signage issues still remain before we prepare an ordinance amendment. DISCUSSION Portable Signs and Banners: The P & Z agreed on requirements for portable signs and banners. Those requirements will be incorporated into a sign ordinance amendment. Window Signs: The P & Z agreed that window signs inside the building will not be regulated except that flashing window signs are not to be allowed. Stringers: At the January meeting, we discussed "stringers ", also known as pennants or other names. These are the small flags or garland type devices in long strings. The most common location for these is car lots. I suggest the following definition: Pennants or Stringers: Any lightweight plastic, fabric, or other material, whether or not containing a message of any kind, suspended from a rope, wire, or string, usually in series, designed to move in the wind. The P & Z considered how to regulate these, with three options being offered: 1. Pennants are to be regulated with a temporary permit with the same requirements as banners and portable signs for duration and number of occurrences. (Measuring the square footage would be impossible for some strings.) 2. Pennants are to be allowed without regulation: they are not significant enough to worry about. •