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A city committee wants to suspend the enforcement of colour restrictions on mobile signs and review the rules themselves instead.

Coun. Brian Mayes, chair of council’s property and development committee, said multiple businesses were warned in June 2018 that the rules would be enforced for the first time in 2019, a decade after they first took effect.

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A key requirement is that lettering on mobile signs be restricted to either black on a white background or white on a black background, a measure that came into force in 2009.

Mayes said the notices led multiple businesses to contact their city councillors to oppose the enforcement. On Monday, the property committee responded by passing a motion that calls to suspend enforcement to allow a review of the rules to be considered by council.

“We have said to the sign industry, we’re listening,” said Mayes.

The councillor said he’s not convinced the enforcement is a pressing city priority.