On February 25, 2019, the Indianapolis City-County Council unanimously approved a revised sign code affecting both the city and the entirety of Marion County, Indiana. The revised ordinance bans digital billboards and imposes substantially more stringent limits on allowable sizes and heights for on-premise, business signs.
While city-county officials state the revised code’s purpose is to “eliminate or reduce potential hazards to motorists and pedestrians” and “maintain an equitable opportunity for effective communication,” the municipality has not provided empirical evidence of how the code revisions would achieve these objectives. Apparently, the new sign code is based principally on the subjective views of City-County Council members with regard to community safety and aesthetics.
Review the revised sign code requirements via the following link:
https://citybase-cms-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/c28e3663df0443b8ab06815c0fec9133.pdf
