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Lawrenceville City Council Work Session

Friday, September 23, 2011

City Prioritizes A-Frame Sign Ordinance and Advances Alcohol Beverage Sales

Mayor Judy Jordan Johnson asked the council to consider establishing specific criteria for granting Special Use Permits.

September 21, 2011: City Council Work Session   Item 8: Discussion of A-Frame Sign Ordinance---Dennis Billew, Director of Planning and Zoning, admitted that “not a lot of progress has been made on the A-Frame Sign Ordinance."  Billew showed the council a number of images taken of downtown businesses using A-Frame signs and in clear violation of the Sign Ordinance. The council has instructed Billew and his department to meet with downtown business owners to create an A-Frame Sign special use permit application. Each of these business owners would then be grouped together and their requests for A-Frame signage special use would be presented to the council for approval or denial. Councilwoman Katie Hart Smith said, “The special use fee …

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