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Mashpee Code by adding a new paragraph b) to Section 100-1 as follows: Chapter 100 Handicapped Parking b) Parking spaces designated as reserved under the provisions of paragraph (a) shall be identified by the use of above grade signs with white lettering against a blue background and shall bear the words "Handicapped Parking: Special Plate Required. Unauthorized Vehicles May be Removed at Owner's Expense"'; shall be as near as possible to a building entrance or walkway; shall, be adjacent to curb ramps or other unobstructed methods permitting sidewalk access to a handicapped person; and shall be twelve feet wide or two eight-foot wide areas with four feet of cross hatch between them. (MGL C.40 S21 Subsection 23b signage/dimen.sions). or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the ADA Committee Motion: Article 44 be voted as printed in the warrant, with the exception of the phrase, or"take any other action relating thereto". Motion passes at 9-.,25 p.m. Article �45 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-law, Article X (Signs) as follows: A. Section 174-5 113 currently reads: New Signs. A new sign shall not hereafter be erected, constructed, altered or maintained except as herein provided and until after a permit has been issued by the Building Inspector and the 'bond, if required, shall have been filed in accordance with Section 174-57. Signs over twenty (20) square feet, existing as of the effective date of this chapter shall have their continued use subject to the issuance of a permit from the Building Inspector. The deadline for obtaining such a permit is September 1, 198,5. Any sign over six (6) square feet in a commercial or industrial zoning district, or in a commercial, office or industrial use in a residential zoning district, shall require review and comment by the Design Review Committee prior to the issuance of a permit for said sign by the Building Inspector. I. By deleting the second sentence of Section 174-5 1 B and replacing it with: Pre-existing permitted signs may continue, all other signs must be permitted as required a, by this By-law. Explanation: To reflect the changes to this article, as it currently refers to 1985. 11. Also by making the following changes to the last sentence of Section 174- 1 B: All signs over six (6) square feet shall require review and comment by the Design Review Committee prior to the issuance of a permit for said sign by the Building Inspector. Explanation: Changing any to all provides more clarity. Deleting specifically identified areas will provide that all signs over six square feet can have Design Review comment and review. 19