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<br />City Planner Martin said they can be a maximum of 50 square feet. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked if these will only apply to businesses. <br /> <br />City Planner Martin said it will apply to any signs regardless of content. <br /> <br />Mayor Heineman asked if all events, such as yard sales or graduation parties that will have signs <br />up are required to have a permit. <br /> <br />City Planner Martin said yes; however, most people do not come get a permit for something like <br />this. He added that signs cannot go in the right-of-ways or on power poles. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked if the political signs that people put in their yards would currently <br />require a permit. <br /> <br />City Planner Martin explained that political signs are regulated separately by State law. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen added that if the City receives a complaint about a political sign, they <br />will review it, but if the sign is not in the right-of-way, then they do not worry about it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Buscher asked what enforcement currently looks like. <br /> <br />City Planner Martin explained that they are currently enforcing on a complaint basis. <br /> <br />Councilmember Buscher said she sees a ton of signs in her neighborhood, including signs for <br />churches and new businesses. <br /> <br />City Planner Martin noted that if they do away with requiring permits for temporary signs then it <br />can make enforcement much more difficult. <br /> <br />Councilmember Buscher stated she would like them to keep requiring permits as it will give the <br />City the ability for enforcement if needed. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked if they would have other mechanisms of enforcement if they did <br />away with requiring permits. <br /> <br />City Attorney Knaak stated that they could regulate signs only based on size. He said if they wanted <br />to get rid of these signs, they could prohibit temporary signs below a certain size. <br /> <br />Mayor Heineman noted that he does not want to do anything that could seem to take away free <br />speech; however, he does see requiring permits as a way to help keep rights-of-way clean and clear <br />of these temporary signs. He asked the Council if they would like to see proactive enforcement of <br />this or if the current complaint-based system is enough. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / April 8, 2025 <br />Page 2 of 8 <br /> <br />