Commission to explore zoning-in-progress and amortization to ease small-business sign impacts
June 27, 2026 | Lake Worth Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
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Commissioners raised concerns that the city’s current sign rules force some small businesses to remove signage and that bringing existing signs into compliance could be costly.
Staff said a zoning-in-progress could be used to pursue a clear regulatory goal and suggested expanding nonconforming-use language to amortize existing poll signs while preventing new ones. Staff offered to return with a short memo explaining options and how to treat pending sign applications.
"We can do a zoning in progress, but we must have a goal of which we're trying to obtain by putting the zoning in progress, and it can't last forever," Waters said. He said staff was preparing a white paper and would present options later this summer.
Staff said a zoning-in-progress could be used to pursue a clear regulatory goal and suggested expanding nonconforming-use language to amortize existing poll signs while preventing new ones. Staff offered to return with a short memo explaining options and how to treat pending sign applications.
"We can do a zoning in progress, but we must have a goal of which we're trying to obtain by putting the zoning in progress, and it can't last forever," Waters said. He said staff was preparing a white paper and would present options later this summer.
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