Kissimmee commissioners agreed Tuesday to reconsider two ordinance changes they recently rejected: one that would allow human signs to advertise local businesses and another that began the process of bringing a 150-acre baseball complex to a residential neighborhood within the city.

“We do not want to be on a collision course with the City Commission,” Ramirez said. “We are approaching you in the spirit of reconciliation.”

De Jesus hired 25 people to wear Lady Liberty costumes and hold signs advertising his tax service, near the corner of Vine Street and Michigan Avenue. Per city ordinance, people holding signs, even just costumed to advertise a business, are not permitted. The Lady Liberties standing along Vine Street drew the attention of the city’s code enforcement, which threatened $250 and $500 fines.

After city commissioners last month rejected his request to change the sign ordinance, De Jesus said he would consider taking the city to court over what he argued was a violation of freedom of speech. The city attorney said that the issue had to do with commercial speech, which the city has a right to regulate given the public safety interest of motorists, who could be distracted by the extra activity.

This week, however, both De Jesus and Ramirez argued that the city’s policy against human signs was just unfair to businesses within the city, specifically because the county’s ordinance relaxed its ban on human signs, at least until September 2011.

“It’s going to create a disadvantage to the business owners literally across the street that have similar or the same business that the person in the county does,” De Jesus told commissioners.

De Jesus said he talked to business owners near the Lakeside neighborhood, where the west side of Boggy Creek Road falls within city limits while the east side of road is governed by just the policies of the county.

“I don’t feel that those businesses should be penalized for wanting to open their businesses within city limits,” he said.

Commissioner Cheryl Grieb said she wanted to reconsider the issue again.

“I’ve already started looking into items to see how county has set theirs up and see if my position’s changed,” Grieb said.

Grieb said she wanted input from the public on the issue, pointing residents to a Web site she’s started, www.kissimmeeforum.com.

The sign ordinance in relation to human signs will be discussed again Tuesday. The vote last month to allow human signs needed only one more commission vote to pass.

Commissioners also heard from the developers of the Tapestry Development of Regional Impact, which has been trying to attract Perfect Game USA to build a planned 150-acre baseball complex on their property on the west end of Carroll Street. Last week, the City Commission rejected a change to the DRI that would have relaxed the parameters set for the property in order to eventually allow for the complex.

A 3-2 vote from the commissioners put the issue back on a future agenda, per the developers’ request Tuesday. The developers agreed to pay for the advertising of the new public hearing.

Development Services Director Craig Holland said the changes couldn’t vary that much from their proposal last week without them having to start the process over to regain approval from the city’s development review committee and planning advisory board.