An ordinance to permit off-premises or “sandwich” signs as a conditional use will go to the Haines Borough’s government affairs and services committee, following weeks of assembly discussion about balancing business with an orderly downtown.

Members of the assembly and Haines Borough Planning Commission have taken up the ordinance since it was introduced in June and have questioned whether the signs meet state regulations.

Borough code prohibits the signs, with an exception for “temporary off-premises…