BOZEMAN – City officials in Bozeman are considering granting an exception to a city ordinance that would allow barber poles to start spinning again.
The iconic red, white and blue poles stopped rotating in 1990 after the city passed a ban on all moving signs.
City Commissioner Eric Bryson recently persuaded other commissioners that an exception should be made for Bozeman barbers.
But debate was cut short after City Attorney Greg Sullivan told commissioners the public hadn’t received enough notice of the proposed change.
Assistant Planning Director Chris Saunders says support is growing back and city staffers plan to bring the issue before the new 2010 City Commission later this month.