The Mt Airy News reports that the Mt Airy, North Carolina town commissions have voted to relax sign code rules which were approved in July.  The commissioners voted to:

• Require non-conforming signs to be taken down or replaced with a confirming sign if a site is unoccupied for two years.  The original rules required the non-conforming sign to be taken down or replaced if a site was unoccupied for 90 days.

• Require digital signs to be turned off from midnight to 5am.  The previous rules required signs to be turned off from 10pm to 7am.

• A reduction in the minimum digital flip from 30 seconds to 8 seconds.

Insider’s take:  The three changes are reasonable.  Requiring non-conforming signs to be taken down when a property is vacant for 90 days amounts the same thing as requiring signs to come down every time a property changes hands.  A 90 day sale of commercial real estate is normal.  An 8-10 second digital flip is normal for most digital sign codes.

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