Should Elk Grove Allow Signs Along the Freeway?

The scenery along Highway 99 and Interstate 5 could soon be in for a change.

Residents will be asked at a public workshop next week whether Elk Grove should allow signs near freeway interchanges advertising nearby businesses.

"Current regulations prohibit large signs along freeways in the city, and limit signs to identifying only businesses that face the freeway," the city said in a press release. "The City Council is interested in hearing from the public before considering changes to local regulations."

The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on June 6 in the . City staff will provide information on the issue, and attendees will be able to "participate in a live polling exercise," according to a press release.

he plans to build a 4.5-acre shopping center near Sheldon Road and Highway 99, but only if he's allowed to build a sign a half-mile down the freeway advertising the businesses there.

“If you’re on Laguna or Elk Grove boulevards, you just assume there are gas stations there,” . “But when you leave the main part of Elk Grove and go into the rural area, nobody would ever stop here. We would lose business and the city would lose income from sales tax dollars.”