Fairfax County Moving to Loosen Sign Regulations
After a lawsuit in August, supervisors weighed options on Tuesday.
Officials are moving closer to loosening restrictions on electronic signs in Fairfax County. The Board of Supervisors discussed ways it could update and modernize the county’s electronic sign ordinance during a committee meeting Tuesday. The ordinance limits the number of messages legally allowed to flash across an electronic sign to three in any given 24 hours. But the rule came under fire in August, when Church of the Good Shepherd in Vienna filed a lawsuit against the county, claiming the ordinance violated its free speech and freedom of religion rights. On July 3, the church displayed three messages, according to the county's citation: "WELCOME, come on in and beat the heat ..., Also visit us at goodshepherdva.com, Practicing the …
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