Add Natchez, Mississippi to cities that are reviewing their sign ordinance.  The Natchez Democrat reports that the Board of Aldermen have place a moratorium on billboards as they review the city’s sign ordinance.  The City Planner considers the current ordinance to not be a strict as compared to other cities.  The City Planner expects to introduce an amendment in May with a recommendation from the Planning Commission regarding billboard location, height and other provisions including the installation of digital boards.  New guidelines would also take up the issue of noncomforming boards.  Historically nonconforming boards have been grandfathered in. New guidelines may set a time frame in which grandfathered boards may need to be removed and relocated to a more appropriate location.

The planning office had recently approved as many as 5 new billboards in the past month.  One Alderwoman speculated that the rush to build new billboard sites was because of the move to review regulations.

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