The Brentwood Planning Board voted to advance proposed changes to the town’s sign regulations as a warrant article to appear on the March ballot.

Board members began the public hearing by summarizing the proposed edits, which include increasing the measured sign allowance from a half-square-foot per lineal foot of building to one square foot per lineal foot and excluding required street-address text from the measured sign area. Speaker 6 described the change as designed to give larger businesses on Route 125 greater visibility while retaining requirements that signs not flash and that address text be on signs for public safety.

The board emphasized public notice and transparency. Speaker 4 said the draft language is posted as a public hearing notice on the planning-board website and at the town office and library, and offered to prepare a strikeout/redline document that shows the specific changes. Members also discussed outreach options including a QR code linking to the draft language and a potential insert in the Brentwood newsletter.

Speaker 5 moved to advance the amendments as a warrant article; Speaker 3 seconded and the motion passed with board members voting in favor. Staff were directed to post a strikeout version online, prepare the legal notice, and include information for residents on how to review the proposed text before the March vote.

Next steps: the board will post the strikeout draft on the town website, circulate public-notice mailings where required, and include the warrant language in the formal ballot packet for the March election.