The Walton County Design Review Board on June 4 continued Ulta Beauty's request to enlarge three wall signs after extended discussion about how to calculate sign area (letters-only vs. background panel), consistency with code limits and landlord concerns about channel letters. The applicant will return July 7 with adjusted options.

The Port Richey City Council approved several ordinances on second and first readings to align local land-development and sign regulations with state law, and moved the waterfront overlay sign rules into the general sign code. Council approved the measures on voice votes with no public comment.

Staff proposed amendments to Article 3 (base district standards) to ease infill burdens and to Article 7 (sign standards) to add sports facility sponsorship signs, align billboard rules with ODOT, and incentivize landscaped monument signs near Highway 75. The commission continued both items for further refinement and public notice.

Council extends permit moratorium for downtown until January 16 to manage development issues.

The Planning Commission approved staff-recommended text amendments to Article 8 (Z-2025-21) to define billboards, allow them in the planning/growth area under Butler County-like standards (Proposal 2), and to treat multi-tenant commercial centers under C-3/I-1 sign rules; public commenters raised concerns about electronic billboards and nighttime "