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A new rule puts big limits on the way that Yakima businesses can advertise downtown. You might have noticed larger banners and signs advertising private businesses or out-of-town events. Yakima's city manager felt they cluttered the downtown area and weren’t advertising city-wide events...

The Yakima City Council will make decisions tomorrow night that City Manager Tony O'Rourke believes will change downtown Yakima forever. The council will consider an ordinance to develop a downtown plan that will govern things like development standards and the council will also consider a plan for retail development...

Two giant banners stare drivers in the face on Yakima Avenue.  One is advertising for a private business. The other is sending people to Toppenish. City Manager Tony O'Rourke says he thinks they are unnecessary. "It could either compliment a city or detract from it and I think we have a situation where we're doing more detracting than complementing,” O’Rourke said...