Gilded Comb barber shop granted variance for sign

PALOUSE - The Palouse Board of Adjustment held a public hearing on Wednesday, August 9, to discuss a variance request by a local barber shop, the Gilded Comb, 122 North Bridge Street, to allow a sign on the building.

Owner Kelly Reiber-Nascimento stated that the city administrator gave her a formal complaint in April because she had already hung the sign.

After checking several laws under which her sign had fallen into the regulations, Reiber explained that she hung the sign. Still, the City of Palouse had a separate ordinance requiring the sign to be 10 feet from the sidewalk.

Upon visiting C...