Nonconforming signs ordinance
Mayor-initiated change giving more flexibility to maintain and update existing nonconforming signs. Adopted 7-0 July 18, 2023, with a follow-up petition to review electronic sign standards.
Approved
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Citywide
- Applicant
- Mayor Erin Mendenhall
- City Council: Nonconforming signs ordinance
- City Council: Nonconforming signs ordinance
- City Council work session: Nonconforming signs ordinance
- City Council: Hearing dates set for rezones and nonconforming signs
In brief
Nonconforming signs ordinance appears on 4 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of June 6, 2023 to the City Council meeting of July 18, 2023.
On record, it was continued once and approved once.
The most recent decision was approved (7-0) at the City Council meeting of July 18, 2023.
A motion at the City Council meeting of June 6, 2023 set a hearing date; it did not decide the application.
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Nonconforming signs ordinance
- Council action
Approved: Nonconforming signs ordinance · Draft minutes Record → · July 18, 2023
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Every hearing and vote
July 18, 2023 · City Council
Nonconforming signs ordinance
Approved · 7-0
The council adopted Ordinance 44 of 2023, a mayor-initiated change to Title 21A that gives more flexibility to maintain, reuse, modify and update existing nonconforming signs and clarifies when removal is required. The motion also launched a petition to review electronic sign standards for compliance with changes in federal and state law, including brightness, dwell and twirl times and animation.
- Petitioner: Mayor Erin Mendenhall
- Petition: PLNPCM2022-00984
July 11, 2023 · City Council
Nonconforming signs ordinance
Continued · 6-0
Hearing on the Mayor's amendment to Title 21A for nonconforming signs. There was no public comment. Action was deferred.
- Petition: PLNPCM2022-00984
June 13, 2023 · City Council work session
Nonconforming signs ordinance
Discussed
Staff presented a Mayor-petitioned amendment to Title 21A on nonconforming signs, allowing more flexibility to maintain, reuse and update existing signs and clarifying when removal is required, including vintage signs and billboards. The Planning Commission forwarded a favorable recommendation. Council Members discussed sign lighting, a possible legislative intent on lighting for billboards and signs, and the definition of a vintage sign.
- Petitioner: Mayor Erin Mendenhall
June 6, 2023 · City Council
Hearing dates set for rezones and nonconforming signs
Approved · 4-0-1
On consent the Council set July 11, 2023 hearings on Riverside Cottages (1500 West 500 North), a rezone at 1549 South 1000 West, 510 South 200 West (D-2 to D-1), nonconforming signs, and 1350-1370 South West Temple (RB to TSA-UC-C; petitioner the applicant). Council Member Darin Mano recused himself on the West Temple item (L9), which passed 4-0; the minutes give no reason.