It may have been written in 1970, but the Canadian rock group Five Man Electrical Band may as well have been singing about current day 琉璃神社.

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Blockin鈥� out the scenery, breakin鈥� my mind

Do this, don鈥檛 do that, can鈥檛 you read the sign?

Now, 琉璃神社 city council is taking a stance against signs by updating its current sign bylaw.

The city says proposed changes to the bylaw are designed to 鈥渋mprove visual clutter in 琉璃神社, update regulations, and address changes in sign technology.鈥�

As part of the revised bylaw, city staff is recommending stricter regulations for temporary portable signs, and not permitting digital and animated signs.

Staff also proposed lowering the maximum height of all new free-standing signs to five metres from eight metres. Fees and fines for all signs would also increase and revenue from the increased fees and fines would help pay for a new bylaw officer, who would be tasked primarily with enforcing the restrictions.

Staff will now update several key stakeholders on the changes recommended by council and bring the draft sign bylaw back to a regular council meeting for consideration in November.

And the sign said anybody caught trespassin鈥� would be shot on sight

So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house, Hey! What gives you

the right?

To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in

If God was here he鈥檇 tell you to your face, Man, you鈥檙e some kinda sinner.