On Dec. 2, Planning Consultant Dan Boron presented proposed regulations for the signs, like those already in front of Springboro High School and Heatherwoode golf course.
Staffers urged the council to adopt the proposed ordinance, despite reservations by local businesses.
“If you don’t regulate them, you are going to get schlock,” Law Director Alan Schaeffer said.
1st Ward Councilman David Vomacka suggested the city block their spread within city limits.
“It makes the community look tacky,” he said.
For example, the proposed ordinance would limit the electronic message to half of permanent ground signs. It is scheduled for a second reading at the Dec. 16 meeting.
At the meeting, the council is also expected to vote on the sidewalk ordinance, which Police Chief Jeff Kruithoff described as “housekeeping” bringing the local code into line with state law.
It would take effect as winter hits and follows the citing of Franklin Mayor Carl Bray after he argued with police who stopped him as he tried to use a sidewalk to drive his motorcycle around a crash scene.
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