City Of Oklahoma City: Input Needed On OKCs Proposed Sign Codes

Press release from the City of Oklahoma City:

09/21/2021

Oklahoma City’s Planning Department is updating the City’s sign codes to reduce sign blight and create user friendly regulations.  

The update affects signs like billboards, portable signs, electronic message displays, pole signs, signs attached to buildings, vehicle signs, flags, sandwich boards and signs placed in the right of way.

Residents are invited to read and comment on the draft by logging on to okc.gov/codeupdate now through Oct. 3. Click “Review the proposed new sign code” then click on the “How to Comment” tab at the top of the page for instructions on how to leave feedback.

“The City’s sign codes are outdated and hard to understand,” said Assistant Planning Director Lisa Chronister. “Once adopted, our new codes will improve Oklahoma City’s aesthetics, reduce the number of dilapidated and abandoned signs, and accelerate the permitting process.”

The proposed sign codes were developed after receiving feedback from residents, business owners, sign industry professionals, developers, realtors, artists, City Council members, planning commissioners and City departments. Best practices from peer cities were also studied.

A stakeholder advisory team provided technical input, and preliminary information was discussed with the City’s design review committees and commissions and Historic Preservation Commission. 

City Council is expected to adopt the new sign codes in 2022.

Visit okc.gov/codeupdate for more information about the development code update. Go to okc.gov/news to sign up for City news emails or modify your subscriptions. Be sure to select development code updates.

For more information, call (405) 297-1628 or email lisa.chronister@okc.gov.

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 Media Contact

Kristy Yager, (405) 297-2550, Kristy.yager@okc.gov

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