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<br /> <br />Mr. Greatens confirmed that it is addressed in the Code. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft asked about the example if signs were to be placed in the sidewalk and who would be <br />called to address it. <br /> <br />Mr. Martin stated it would be prohibited under the proposed language and officers can use their <br />discretion to maintain public safety. <br />Mr. Senturio event may more than one sign be placed for each <br />street frontage,and asked if having only one sign could be limiting. <br /> <br />Mr. Martin stated that would apply to on-premises yard signs and might not apply to these signs. <br />He added that the proposed language in Section 34-104.2 was not meant to control anything in <br />Section 34-104.1. <br /> <br />Mr. Lai stated that the Sign Code addresses issues with placing objects within the sight distance <br />triangle. For example, near an entryway, a sign cannot obstruct the view of drivers, so signs like <br />that would not be allowed near entryways. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft stated that if free speech is the overriding concern, how does the State ban sign display <br />within 25 feet of the door? He added that using 25 foot buffer, a potential solution could be that <br />on an election day, within 300 feet of the and we <br />speech, so within 300 feet, the suggestion would be to have no prohibitions at all. <br /> <br />Mr. Martin stated that it was possible that the 25 foot prohibition had always been in place. He <br />added that political speech on election day at polling places is a recognized limited public forum. <br />If it was opened up to any speech that has nothing to do with the election, it would be expanding <br />the limited public forum and they could do that if they wanted to. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft added that if a property owner who owns a polling place made it difficult to place <br />signs, or for example decided on their own to not allow signs; this prohibition only applies to <br />municipal property. <br /> <br />Ms. Moran asked if there was a contract with Board of Elections to use the property. <br /> <br />Mr. Martin stated not for public property; the Board of Elections has the right under state law to <br />commandeer public property for polling places. If they wanted a polling place at City Hall, they <br />could do so. There is a form to designate the polling place and the form states that signs are not <br />allowed within 25 feet of the door. He stated that as far as he knows, a document has never been <br />approved, so it is not a contract with binding authority. Basically, it states that this will be a <br />polling place; here are the rules that are supposed to be followed. <br /> <br />Ms. Lewis stated that a lot of effort <br />accommodating that. She added that signs will continue to be displayed in the same places at <br /> <br />tm;  šE <br /> <br /> <br />