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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 11, 2017 Page 8 cally mentioning them in city code it could provide some controls on how and when they're permitted, how far away from a subject property, and other specif- ics. If that interest is shared by his colleagues, Councilmember Willmus reported that he had proposed language to consider. Councilmember McGehee stated that she hadn't fielded any complaints, opining that open house signs are usually out on the day of the open house, and advised that she wasn't aware of them being out there longer than that. As an example, Councilmember Willmus referenced signage that was located quite some distance away for a property on the market along Fairview Avenue. Councilmember Willmus suggested city code amendment such as: "Real Estate open house signs may be placed within one-half mile of the subject property and not longer than one hour before the open house." Councilmember McGehee opined that some homes not having direct access to a main street may need reasonable open house signage more than %2 mile from the site to clearly direct traffic to them. Councilmember McGehee stated that she was fine with the timeline suggested by Councilmember Willmus. However, before taking this step, Councilmember McGehee suggested staff performing a survey of real estate professionals selling in the area to gain their perspective and timing of advertising. Councilmember Laliberte stated her support of additional language to this section. Also, Councilmember Laliberte noted that this provided a good reminder for her that city code needed more definitive language as to what constituted "holiday signs,"which at this time seemed vague. Mayor Roe clarified that there was a definition section in the sign code addressing "holiday signs." Councilmember Laliberte further noted that corrugated plastic lawn sign business signage was becoming more common on their street frontage in addition to their business signs and flags/banners, and asked what was currently being done to en- force that. Specific to temporary signs, that included those flags/banners and corrugated signs, City Planner Thomas Paschke reported that up to two were allowed annual- ly by city code, providing more flexibility for a total of up to sixty days per year and annual renewal of other signage. Mr. Paschke reviewed current code as to al- lowance of flags and corrugated signs up to 32 square feet, in addition to other re- quirements for how and when they could be utilized. Ms. Collins suggested that some instances still occurred where no permit had been taken out.