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150 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance <br /> REFERENCE: Article 9 - Signs <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> x Other: County Attorney <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: _x_High Middle _Low <br /> Comment: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: April 25 , 1988 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: Article 9 will be amended by adding <br /> a sentence which demonstrates that <br /> the sign section does not favor <br /> commercial signs over noncommercial <br /> signs . <br /> IMPACTS/ISSUES: The United States Supreme Court has <br /> upheld the proposed wording in <br /> another sign ordinance as <br /> demonstrating it did not favor <br /> commercial signs over noncommercial <br /> signs . <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE REVISIONS: <br /> Section 9 . 5 will be amended to <br /> include the following sentence after <br /> the first sentence: <br /> Anv sign authorized by this <br /> ordinance may contain noncommercial <br /> covv in lieu of anv other co'ov. <br />