Planning Board Aims to Solve Bylaw Problem

If everything goes as scheduled, residents in Milford will be voting on a new sign bylaw at May’s Annual Town Meeting.

The Planning Board discussed the proposted by law at a recent meeting, according to the Milford Daily News. Town Planner Larry Dunkin said the board should finish deliberations in March, with a public hearing to following in April.

The board has been working on the bylaw for months but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that all sign bylaws, must exercise complete content neutrality compllicated the issue. Towns have gotten around the ruling by producing bylaws that limits the size and lenght of stay.

Currently, the town has been technically without a bylaw, with the Board of Selectmen deciding that all signs are inllegal unless the owner applies for a permit and places it in a deginated spot.