CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – When the city first allowed the use of electronic message centers back in the 1990s and early 2000s, no rules were in place. Now, after months of discussion, the City Council is again considering tweaks to the electronic message center regulations to make them consistent across the city.
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Director of the Regional Planning Commission Jeffrey Tyndall previously told the City Council that this has been a long time coming, seeing that this process began in December 2023. However, it had to be paused while the RPC applied the Fort Campbell Boulevard and Tiny Town Road overlay districts, because it would also apply to these areas.
In December 2023, the Common Design Review Board was asked to approve an LED digital reader board exemption on Madison Street. At the time, Madison Street didn’t allow any LED signs that weren’t government owned, outside those grandfathered into the district.
“The board denied it but said they’d like to look into whether or not it was permissible to allow schools and churches to have them. Shortly thereafter, the businesses also took (exception) to some signs that were put up recently by non-private entities,” Tyndall previously said…