Article 42 proposes a major modernization of Milton’s sign bylaws, reducing the existing regulations from 25 pages to just five. The update, completed by the town’s new planner, is designed to codify and clarify the current review process for local businesses while protecting constitutional rights for residents.

Warrant Committee Chair Jay Funling explained that the new bylaw clarifies the roles of the building commissioner and the sign review committee. It codifies the current process: businesses go to the building commissioner, who sends it to the sign review committee, Funling said. He emphasized that the changes are focused on commercial signage and will not restrict temporary residential signs, such as those for the Boy Scouts or yard signs protected by the First Amendment.