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City Council Meeting Minutes September 3 2019 Page 9 of 14 Councilmember Leh asked if the City can impose that kind if restriction on this kind of speech City Attorney Kelly suggested if Council wants to make a substantive change it should be run by the specialized legal counsel retained for this project. Director Zuccaro noted all of the other temporary sign categories have a number limitation Public Comments Jill Midgley, 3068 W 11th Avenue, Broomfield, stated she is a real estate agent in town and she would like to have some ability to have open house signs on surrounding streets to point people to the house She stated she needs signs to get people into the houses Alicia Miller, 827 Trail Ridge Drive, a real estate agent, stated limits for days and times would be fair but strategically placed directional signs are helpful and necessary for real estate Window signs can be great and give a nice community feel Caleb Dickinson, 721 Grant Ave , stated it can be too strict if kids can't have a lemonade stand or the like Sometimes the temporary signs are helpful and Council should consider some opportunity for them Elayne Oligschlaeger, 1021 Turnberry Cir, does business open houses twice a year and would like the ability to have temporary signs to get people to her house Councilmember Leh stated he would support some allowances for temporary signs He asked staff bring to back a proposal Councilmember Leh asked for more clarity on the references to federal and state laws and the first amendment as well as the phrase about being more restrictive Councilmember Stolzmann stated currently signs are not allowed in the public right of way so what you see now is not allowed The proposal is to keep that. She would support some amount of signage under certain rules She supports the modification for the changes to US 36 facing signs Councilmember Loo stated allowing signs with certain rules will mean some will not comply and some will always break the rules and we don't have the ability to enforce that. This could encourage people to go nuts with signs in the right of way for the weekends and could detract from our natural areas She noted she gets complaints about people who are already breaking the rules Enforcement could be an issue if signs were allowed on certain days and times. Councilmember Keany stated he is not in favor of allowing signs in rights of way as people will abuse it. There is a way for people to put out signs on private property, but